[mburbank]

Naldo. tell me something Liberal about an intelligence service that it's leader says is incapable of wrong doing? What's liberal about saying that even questioning this intelligence does damage to the nation?

Both those things are one step away from facism. You've already stated that questioning this branch of government is dangerous. Now all youy have to do is start levelling punhsments for inflicting that damage and you're there.

I'm not that familliar with Blair (and I doubt beyond knowing his party affiliation you are either), but having other positions which might fall into a liberal camp doesn't innoculate you against tending toward facism. Also, what a politician says is lots less important than what he does. So far Blair is just saying awful stuff, and hopefully his party will chuck him before he goes any further.

No liberal I know would think of an intelligence service as secret police and put them above the law.