Letters to the Editor
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FISA
Your interviewee makes an important point, one that cannot be emphasized enough.
FISA was enacted to protect the privacy of citizens from government spying. Not to allow the govenment to spy, but to prevent proven criminal excesses engaged in by an overzealous government.
Using typically deceptive language, the right loudly and consistently refers to FISA as a "tool" to "protect Americans." Nothing could be further from the truth.
It was a legitimate and necessary response by a horrified and embarassed nation to prevent egregious abuses of the peoples' trust.
There is NO reason to avoid the oversight of a secret court except to commit crimes. Period.
The Bush administration's enemies are it's own constituents and political opponents, not terrorists. That is abundantly clear.
If they were not using this power for political ends, it would not only be shockingly out of character, but unnecessary to cover up.