Old Man Cap

Some effects of the new FISA law
The above is a great little snippet of how the world changes due to the new Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 2008.  When you start putting fear into reporters and informants, what you end up with is less information to the people. In an American world where it’s already [...]

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The ACLU and EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) will be immediately challenging the bills in court since they’re pretty much an exact breach of the Fourth Amendment.  I’m sad it passed. I’m angry that quite a few Democrats voted for the piece of crap, including Feinstein & Obama. I’m not surprised by Feinstein, who is a [...]

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Today, the Senate is poised to vote on the latest edition of the FISA bill. It’s currently looking as if it will pass easily without the Bingamin or Feingold amendments which is a damn shame. It’s entirely unsurprising. Each week, our once great country loses a bit of itself gleefully. Update: Both amendments failed about [...]

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