Fix Wiretapping Law
Our representatives in Congress gave in to Bush and his accomplices by approving a law that allows wiretapping of American citizens without a warrant. Now Bush is using "basket warrants" to listen in on any call, as long as the administration (not a judge) has "reasonable belief" that one of the parties in said call is located overseas.
When Congress allowed Bush to bully them into passing this bad law, the law was only approved for six months. Now the House and Senate are being pressured once again to enshrine these powers into permanent law, without the sunset provisions that are currently in force.
Gets worse.
Legislation now being discussed would retroactively authorize violations of the wiretapping law in previous years, granting blanket civil-lawsuit immunity to big telecom companies that helped Bush break the law.
Tell your reps that you'd like stronger protections on your privacy -- not capitulation once again to Bushies and Verizon.
posted by kate @ 2:59 PM
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2 Comments:
You'll love this ... former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez was in the Springs this year to speak at the AF Academy ... I ask him about the "warrentless wiretapping" bit, he points out that in a time of "war" the government needs it to protect the people ... then he points out, it's not unconstitutional, even Gen. George Washington opened mail during the Revolutionary War to get information ...
anyone? anyone?
That was *before* we had a Constitution.
Thanks for playing our game, Al.
-- Chase
uh, warrantless.
-- chase
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