I do think they have gone completely crazy over at the DoD. The NYTimes has picked up on a change in language from Der Rumsfeld, and now we have it. The GWOT was too much focused on a military solution - while SAVE will use other means, including political and economic, to ensure that extremism is taken down, hard.
Now the recent tests of huge crowd-control MicroWave guns make more sense. As does the DoD's desire to lend a helping hand to the police.
In these fine times, when someone protesting for same-sex couples to get married is labeled a "terrorist", and when others who dislike the G-8 gatherings and would like to say as much are labeled "dangerous extremist terrorist organizations" - we should all be grateful for SAVE - The Struggle Against Violent Extremism.
Is Donald Rumsfeld actually getting paid to do his job? Because that's a waste of tax dollars if I ever saw one.
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NYT article - SAVE us from ourselves
Yesterday I wrote a diary that I thought was over-the-top. It was inspired by my recent rereading of Evgenij Zamiatin's wonderful novel WE. Today, I get SAVE in my lap, and my diary doesn't seem as over-the-top any longer.
Here goes, if you have the desire, the will and the time:
The Patriot Act - Full Spectrum Transparency