Precisely. This reminds me of, albeit less dramatic, fear mongering akin to Colin Powell announcing to the United Nations that the USA has proof that Iraq has WMDs. Of course when we showed up in Iraq, Colin Powell ended up looking like a fool because his facts were so incorrect (few remembered Colin's address at the time though).

Scaring people to manipulate them...I see it happening, I just rarely understand to what end.

With the two current wars winding down America's Heros(tm) need new villains to fight. War is good for business, remember?

Consider the source - Sen. Joseph Lieberman - a republican shill wearing Independent (once Democrat) sheep's cloth.

Not sure what your point is - considering it's a democratic bill, and the President is going to use imperial power to enact most of the legislation through executive order anyway. And we all know the Chamber of Commerce (the "bad guy" in the op-ed) is anti-republican.

Power grabs are a bipartisan affliction.