By now it's become completely obvious that the Bush administration favors the rights of corporations over the rights of the individual. Funny, I don't think I ever read anything about the free market in the Constitution.
But consider how Bush has angled to protect the telecoms, how it refuses to acknowledge wrongdoings by Iraq vendors of choice Brown and Root, Blackwater and Halliburton, including the rape and harassment of female employees while in Iraq.
Now, another corporation that was enlisted in the ubiquitous war on terror is getting the "you can't touch that," treatment.
The justice department wants a judge to dismiss a suit by the ACLU against Jeppesen Dataplan whose slogan is "Making every mission possible." Jeppesen is accused of aiding the US Government in extraordinary renditions.
So if your insurance company wants to distribute your health info, or your phone company wants to disclose your telephone records, or your bank wants to reveal your money transactions all they need to do is shout "national security" or "war on terror," and the Bush buddies will come running.
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