8/06/2007

COME SPY WITH ME

Well, any hopes that I might've held about a sea change in politics seem a bit dashed right now. As the WaPo reports, significant numbers of Democrats helped pass FISA, the Orwellian upgrade to the present domestic spying program sought by Bush:

“The intelligence community is hampered in gathering essential information about terrorists,” said Representative Lamar Smith, Republican of Texas.

Yeah, I know, that darn Bill of Rights keeps getting in the way.

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