While the nation's collective psyche remains paralyzed due
to a series of ostensibly random mass murders, draconian bills like the FISA Amendments
Act are once again slithering their way through Congress with very little substantial deliberation. Please read Matt Sledge's 12-20-12 Huffington Post article
entitled "FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Bill Poised For Renewal Despite
Unanswered Questions." Here's a brief excerpt:
With Senate poised to act as early as Thursday
night to renew the foreign surveillance bill that authorized the Bush
administration's secret warrantless wiretapping program, civil liberties
advocates are getting deja vu.
With only the Senate's vote standing in the way of
renewal, the debate over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments
Act in 2012 is looking strikingly similar over to the debate over the bill in
2008. The White House is pushing for a quick, "clean" reauthorization
without any amendments before the bill's Dec. 31 expiration date. Congress
seems to be showing little inclination to press for more. And civil liberties
advocates, along with a few Senate allies, are criticizing the measure, arguing
that basic details of the warrantless wiretapping program remain unknown.
Or, as Michelle Richardson, legislative counsel
with the ACLU's Washington
office, put it, "I bet [Bush] is laughing his ass off."
Read the rest of Matt Sledge's article HERE.
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