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mahnmut ([personal profile] mahnmut) wrote2008-01-27 12:06 am
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Inch by inch,...

,...they'll take your liberties away. Congrats. You voted for them.


In Senate, a White House Victory on Eavesdropping

A White House plan to broaden the National Security Agency’s wiretapping powers won a key procedural victory in the Senate on Thursday, as backers defeated a more restrictive plan by Senate Democrats that would have imposed more court oversight on government spying.

The vote moves the Bush administration a step closer toward the twin goals it has pursued for months: strengthening the N.S.A.’s ability to eavesdrop without court approval, while securing legal immunity for the phone companies that have helped the agency in its wiretapping operations.

I love it

[identity profile] madisonmassage.livejournal.com 2008-01-27 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
So do you have any links to the specific regulation you are so concerned about?

Re: I love it

[identity profile] mahnmut.livejournal.com 2008-01-27 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I put a link to the article. Click on news.google.com and search for [Bush+wiretapping].

And I'm not so much concerned, as amused. It's funny to watch this from aside, I know.

The politicsforum-typical mantra "Link, please?" is equally, if not even more amusing :-)