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Happy Fourth of July - Joey Galloway: How dare they rip the Fourth Amendment?(0)

July 4, 2008

Early next week the U.S. Senate will vote on an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a few small amendments intended to immunize telecommunications corporations that assisted our government in the warrantless and illegal wiretapping it has grown to love.
That such a gutting of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution even made it [...]

Happy Fourth of July - Joey Galloway: How dare they rip the Fourth Amendment?

Glenn Greenwald Analyzes Obama’s New Statement on FISA

Glenn Greenwald carefully examines Barack Obama’s new statements on FISA in a message Barack sent to his supporters. Glenn’s analysis agrees with my layperson’s opinion. Glenn is a Constitutional lawyer, and I value his opinion highly. Please follow the link and read the whole article by Glenn.
Here is an excerpt of his take [...]

Response to Barack Obama’s FISA Message to Campaign Supporters

Barack Obama issued a flimsy set of generalizations as to why he is supporting the FISA bill. It doesn’t fly. Not in a million years. We are his base. The Telecoms may have money, but they still only have one vote per CEO, CFO, and COO. We matter. We [...]

Barack Obama’s Anti-FISA Group is the Largest

Barack Obama’s Anti-FISA Group is the Largest

Thanks to articles like this and the New York Times article today, the largest group on Barack Obama’s web site is the “Please Vote No on Telecom Immunity and Get FiSA Right”.  I joined today myself.  I have dropped my other Barack Obama groups completely.
It’s nice to know that I am not alone in my [...]


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