LIBERTY DEFENDERS

Dear Editor;

In the last two weeks Kevin Doran, Lawrence Sequin, and Stan White
have submitted letters to the editor on issues that are having a
substantial impact on our privacy and liberties. These gentlemen
realize that our Government is using fear of terrorism and illicit
drug use as a means to usurp our rights. I wonder how Thomas Jefferson
or John Adams would react to the humiliation of having their person or
belongings sniffed by a drug dog at a Border Patrol check point or
having to produce a National ID card at Independence Hall.

I feel that our republic is in serious jeopardy when all three
branches of Government have taken upon itself to determine what
substances we can ingest or what documents we must carry to travel
this great country.

A patriot defends the liberty of others even when it involves an issue
unpopular with the majority. These three gentlemen have been outspoken
defenders of liberty.

Lee Monnet