Remember, Pervez Musharraf is one of our closest allies

the u.s. can be counted on to provide strong support for a dictator who declares martial law rather than risk the possibility of losing power...

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday ahead of a crucial Supreme Court decision on whether to overturn his recent election win and amid rising Islamic militant violence.

Eight Supreme Court judges immediately rejected the emergency, which suspended the current constitution. The government blocked transmissions of private news channels in several cities and telephone services in the capital, Islamabad, were cut.

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The state TV report gave no reason for the emergency but it follows weeks of speculation that he could take the step. Military vehicles patrolled and troops blocked roads in the administrative heart of the capital.

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Shahzad Iqbal, an official at a cable TV news provider in Islamabad said authorities were blocking transmissions of private news channels in Islamabad and neighboring Rawalpindi. State TV was still on the air.

"The government has done it," he said.

i hate to say it, folks, but the groundwork for this same scenario has been carefully, systematically, and quietly put in place in our own country...

a quick (and far from exhaustive) review...

• H.R. 1955: "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism"

• the Patriot Act

• the Military Commissions Act

• the Protect America Act

• Section 1076 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act

• National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directives NSPD-51 and HSPD-20

• the pending FISA bill

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