Pushing further to the right [posted by ZelderBar]
There is something bothering me about the recent debate about our government spying on US citizens (see this Washington Post article for info about how the NSA spying has stepped up). Much of the debate has been about how the Bush administration can bypass the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) courts, which were set up in the 1970s to grant warrents for our government to spy on people. Everyone is up in arms that the White House is surpassing the FISA courts, since these courts were in place to protect us. The thing that has been missed is that many people think that the FISA courts themselves are unconstitutional, since they are secret and no one knows who sits on them. FISA courts are specifically designed to bypass the Bill of Rights, which guarentees an open government and court system. Soviet-style secret courts are pretty unAmerican & anti-freedom. Welcome to 1984. Problem is that we have gone so far to the extreme following 9/11 that the FISA courts seem pretty standard. In fact, I probably shouldn't even put this post on Troy & Kim's Web site, since it will end up on some NSA watch list. By the way, did you hear that the FBI has been monitoring protest groups? J. Edgar Hoover lives!
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