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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

NEW MISGIVINGS?

you pack of gutless spineless whining do-nothings! new? YOU F**KING SHOULD HAVE HAD MISGIVINGS ALL ALONG! so many, this NEVER should have been passed to begin with.

believe me, if i have to vote for ralph nader come election time i will. the democrats are pissing me off almost as much as king george and his court.

New misgivings on wiretap law
Some Democrats regret updating FISA to expand the NSA's ability to tap American calls.


By Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington - The administration's warrantless wiretapping program looks set to be the subject of renewed and bitter wrangling between Congress and the White House when lawmakers return to Washington in September.
And this upcoming battle promises to be far more complex than a run-of-the-mill dispute over an agriculture bill, say, or tax legislation. The law in this area is unusually dense and difficult. The underlying activity is classified. One of the key administration figures dealing with the issue is Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, an official in whom many in Congress have little trust.
"Essentially, it's a difficult situation to have a rational conversation on the merits," says Benjamin Wittes, an expert on national security law at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
The expanded snooping powers of the National Security Agency (NSA) have been controversial ever since they became public in 2006. To critics, the program opens the door to the possibility of dangerous infringement on the civil liberties of US citizens. To supporters, they're a necessary tool against terrorism in an era of cellphones and Internet communications. ......

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