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been a lot of rank-and-file
anger over Walter's BLS proposals. They're getting more security conscious,
too. I'm seeing signs of a
real cellular organization, so I suppose it's possible their action committee
authorized it without our
finding out."
"I don't like the sound of that, Sid," Bergren murmured, and Harris nodded.
The Citizens' Rights
Union advocated "direct action in the legitimate interest of the people"
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(meaning a perpetually higher
Dolist standard of living) but normally limited itself to riots, vandalism,
occasional terrorist bombings,
and attacks on lower- level bureaucrats as object lessons. The assassination
of a cabinet minister was a
new and dangerous escalation . . . assuming the CRU had, indeed, authorized
the attack.
"We ought to go in and clean those bastards out," Dumarest growled. "We know
who their leaders
are. Give the names to NavSec and let my Marines take care of themтАФ
permanently."
"Wrong move," Palmer- Levy disagreed. "That kind of suppression would only
make the mob even
less tractable, and at least letting them go on meeting lets us get a read on
what they're up to." "Like this time?" Dumarest asked with awful irony, and
Palmer-Levy flushed.
"IfтАФand I emphasize ifтАФthe CRU leadership did plan or authorize Walter's
murder, then I have to
admit we dropped the ball. But as you just pointed out, we've been able to
compile lists of members and
sympathizers. Drive them underground, and we lose that capability. And, as I
said, there's no direct
evidence Kanamashi wasn't acting on his own."
"Yeah, sure." Dumarest snorted.
Palmer-Levy started to answer hotly, but Harris' raised hand stopped her.
Personally, the President
tended to agree with Dumarest, but he could see Palmer- Levy's point as well.
The CRU believed the
Dolists had a God-given right to an ever higher Basic Living Stipend. They
blew up other people
(including their fellow Dolists) to make their point, and it would have done
Harris' heart good to shoot
every one of them. Unfortunately, the Legislaturalist families who ran the
People's Republic had no
choice but to permit organizations like the CRU to exist. Quite aside from the
potential for even greater
violence inherent in any open move against them, they'd been around for so
long, become so deeply
entrenched, that eliminating one would only make room for another, so it made