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The most pathetic bit in that article had to be this part:
Pelosi had another reason for backing the compromise: unlike some on the left, she actually believes domestic surveillance laws needs updating in light of the new terror threats. “We can’t go without a bill,” she said on the House floor Friday, “That’s simply just not an option.” Existing U.S. surveillance law, passed in 1978, needs to be improved, she believes, not just to protect Americans at home but to protect U.S. troops in the field. “Our troops in the field depend on timely and reliable intelligence,” she said.Let me get this straight: If the phone companies have to defend themselves in court when they break the law, American troops will be in danger, right? The level of stupidity is jaw-dropping. American troops are in danger, Speaker Pelosi, because you lied when you said you would try to end the war and bring them home. As the record shows, the Congress has not done a god damned thing to stop the war, nor are they going to. Instead, you give the Sadist-In-Chief MORE money than he asks for, MORE police state powers than he asks for, and immunity from civil and criminal law for his thugs.
