[privacy] Dodd Filibuster Threat Wins - Spying Bill Postponed to N ext Year

[Paul Ferguson]

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- -- "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle at gmail.com> wrote:

>How is postponing the inevitable a victory?
>
>I guess you can take what you can get when you have control of both
>majorities and still want to convince the public you are doing
>something..

I didn't say it was a "victory" -- I was just being the messenger.

My own opinion is that this will be a hard fight, and one that will
most likely fail -- due to the spineless legislators who cow-tow to
the ultra-right wing fanatics who keep saying that "...terrorists
are at your door...".

Having said that, I think that Sen. Dodd deserves the props he
deserves for following through on his promises. He has balls, and
I admire that.

Personally, I think this is a fight worth fighting.

The U.S. Government, law enforcement, and intelligence should, of
course have the tools at their disposal to proactively fight
terrorism, but doing it without judicial oversight, at the cost of
personal privacy, is wrong.

Flat out wrong.

So, I will not grant you the "inevitability" factor. I still believe
in the U.S Constitution.

Do you?

- - ferg

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