[opendtv] Re: EFFector 21.23: Senate Caves and Pass ...
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, opendtv <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 22:27:54 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
They're great (in the instant matter) pimps for the trial lawyers and the
people who we're at war with.
The illegal language is just over the top. At the very least, the law was
changed, and so it wasn't illegal. And, spying on enemies during a declared
war (the Constitution doesn't provide for the the use by Congress in declaring
a war, or even specific language.)
If the caliphate comes, they'll be the first to be sacrificed. We really have
Iran to thank for this, and they might just help elect the next Republican
president to boot.
John Willkie, who is not now, never has been, and never will be, a Republican.
I can't say that about the Democratic Party. but that was youthful indiscretion.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jul 9, 2008 8:49 PM
>To: opendtv <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [opendtv] EFFector 21.23: Senate Caves and Pass ...
>
> From the newest EFF newsletter that John likes so much ;-) ...
>
>-------------------------------
>A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
>ISSN 1062-9424
>
>: . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :
>
>In our 476th issue:
>
>* IN A TRAGIC, SHAMEFUL AFFRONT TO THE US CONSTITUTION, THE
>SENATE APPROVED THE FISA AMENDMENTS ACT passed by the House
>last month. The bill radically expands the president's
>spying powers and grants immunity to phone companies that
>cooperated in the illegal warrantless wiretapping program.
>Many senators courageously opposed telecom immunity, and
>several amendments were offered in an attempt to remove or
>modify the immunity provision, but they failed.
>
>Despite this serious setback, EFF vows that the fight for
>accountability over the president's illegal surveillance is
>far from over -- we will continue to fight in the courtroom
>and in Congress to defend the cause of liberty.
>
><http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/07/09>
>--
>Tom Barry trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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