My Country Versus Me: The First Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Book

What a horrible tragedy Wen Ho and his family endured. I'm at a loss for words. I remember bits of pieces of this story from the news accounts but didn't think it had any connection to me. I mean, it was about national security and nuclear secrets wasn't it? In reality, no, it was not. Not at all. It was about the government flexing their muscles. How one person in a position of power or influence (and no facts) can cause a whole lot of damage, get people in other government agencies and members of the administration involved, and not be accountable for the mis-truths.

I have always been a backer of Bill Richardson, but no more. He and Janet Reno, rather than, when presented with the truth, fix the wrongs of the case, chose instead to be a part of and assist the cover-up. The government had spent many thousands if not upwards of a million of taxpayer dollars trying to convict an innocent man becasue they couldn't be found to be wrong and they couldn't waste the money already spent.

What I took away most from this book as that YES, I will continue to be an educated voter; I will ALWAYS vote; and if I'm ever arrested (especially by the FBI (not that that will ever happen :-), I will not say a word until I have an attorney present.

It is so painfully apparent that our government and government officials will use whatever powers necessary to get the answer they want. So many of the same techniques were used in the wrongful detention of persons of Middle Eastern descent over the wrongful invasion of Iraq and those people who ‘looked’ like they might be guilty. America was founded on specific principles, and specifically, that a person is “presumed innocent until proven guilty.” Yet, it’s very apparent that minorities and the less or non-educated are held outside that most important right. I’m proud to be an American and I absolutely love my country, but when our country does to its own citizens and/or foreigners, that which we detest in other governments, I’m embarrassed. The average citizen is held to scrutiny and accountability, yet our wealthy and powerful are not. That smells of autocracy.