[Goldsmith] shared the White House's concern that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act might prevent wiretaps on international calls involving terrorists. But Goldsmith deplored the way the White House tried to fix the problem, which was highly contemptuous of Congress and the courts. "We're one bomb away from getting rid of that obnoxious [FISA] court," Goldsmith recalls Addington telling him in February 2004."Their goal all along was to "get rid of the obnoxious FISA court" entirely, so that they could freely eavesdrop on whomever they wanted with no warrants or oversight of any kind. And here is Dick Cheney's top aide,drooling with anticipation at the prospect of another terrorist attack so that they could seize this power without challenge."Glenn Greenwald
bloc posted on Sep 04, 2007
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silverwhisper said on Sep 04, 2007....
[cues up imperial march]
i'm waiting to see how the usual suspects make their usual clumsy attempts at evasion.
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bloc said on Sep 04, 2007....
They are only trying to protect us sw. You must give away your rights, and trust father Bush, he will protect us. -
silverwhisper said on Sep 04, 2007....
bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! -
lioneljay said on Sep 04, 2007....
They are a scary bunch, indeed. Every once in a while I wake up from a nap hoping that I'd slept for several years and that this has all been a dream. -
kelly said on Sep 04, 2007....
"Every once in a while I wake up from a nap hoping that I'd slept for several years and that this has all been a dream."
And while it's not quite a nightmare yet, it's now easy for me to understand how possible it would be for the US to devolve into something like a dictatorship. Even if George and crew started with good intentions it would be a very short time until we had a Soviet style government keeping close tabs on everything everyone did.
The sick thing is using terrorism to promote fear for the purpose of repealing of our civil and constitutional rights. -
silverwhisper said on Sep 07, 2007....
kelly, you should check out babylon 5 some time. :>
ed
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