Nelson Mandela The Terrorist

The United States is so often humiliated in the national spotlight these days.  The news of Nelson Mandela being tagged as a terrorist in America’s international terrorist database is not surprising.  Even still, the government should make strides to shed this string of government failures and international gaffes that have plagued our country.

“It is frankly a rather embarrassing matter that I still have to waive in my own counterparts - the foreign minister of South Africa, not to mention the great leader, Nelson Mandela,” Ms Rice told lawmakers in Washington.  Last week, Howard Berman, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, who introduced the bill said it was “shameful” that the United States still treated the ANC this way.  “Amazingly, Nelson Mandela still needs to get a special waiver to enter the United States based on his courageous leadership of the ANC. What an indignity. This legislation will wipe it away,” he said.

Something has to be done about overzealous government officials and “law enforcement” agencies that engage in unconstitutional — and in this case absurd — violations of human decency and privacy rights.

Fred Soto is an Attorney and Entrepreneur from the Silicon Valley.
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