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Our illustrious Congress already irreparably weakened the 4th Amendment earlier this summer when they passed the “Spy on Americans” act, also known as the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 and now the Justice Department wants to pretty much erase it from the Constitution.
A Justice Department plan would loosen restrictions on the Federal Bureau of Investigation [...]
I don’t know if the DNC realized the irony of this or not but less than a month after the Democrats in Congress capitulated on FISA, one of the chief benefactors of the bill just happens to become one of the prime sponsors of next month’s convention in Denver.
Salon’s Glenn Greenwald has the skinny on [...]
The AP hasn’t been doing much for their reputation of late, first they go after blogger’s for quoting their content, then they go all ga ga over McCain with fluff pieces galore, and now they publish this wonderful piece that tries to convince us that Barack Obama’s capitulation on FISA reform is actually part of [...]
After earlier today soundly defeating all 3 amendments that would have pulled telcom immunity from the FISA Reform bill, the Senate passed President Bush’s get out of jail free card 69-28. Joining Stephanie Herseth Sandlin who last month voted to pass this legislation in the House with 6,000 in telecom money in her bank account [...]
While South Dakota’s Tim Johnson and John Thune as well as the rest of the Senate prepare to erase part of the 4th Amendment from the Constitution later today when they are scheduled to vote on FISA reform, it is only appropriate that Tim Ferriss releases his interview with Daniel Ellsberg, the man responsible for [...]
I will leave the particulars as far as the evils of the FISA bill awaiting the Senate after their holiday break to those that are more knowledgeable than I am but suffice it to say I am extremely disappointed. The disappointment involves not only South Dakota’s 2 national Democrats Tim Johnson and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [...]