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Jihadis throw a wild bash over the Protect America Act
As GOP fear-mongering sinks to new lows, is the House Democrats' defiance yesterday a one-time event or a sign of things to come?
Glenn Greenwald [2008-02-15]

  • Sorry to drop a turd in the punchbowl, but...

    I just want to take a moment to reflect on how horrible the "line" is that the Democrats are holding. From the Reyes letter to Bush, listing the powers they've already given him:

    First, NSA can use its authority under Executive Order 12333 to conduct surveillance abroad of any known or suspected terrorist. [...]
    Second, NSA can use its authority under the Protect America Act, enacted last August, to conduct surveillance here in the U.S of any foreign target.[...]
    Third, in the remote possibility that a new terrorist organization emerges that we have never previously identified, the NSA could use existing authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to monitor those communications.

    So yeah, bully on them for not giving him everything he wants. The phrase "too little, too late" comes to mind, however.

    I know this is not news to many of you. I just can't get it out of my head, though.

    -- Paul Daniel Ash
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    Friday, February 15, 2008 09:21 AM
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