Warrantless wiretaps...

I'm probably the last person on the intardnets to see this, but I'll post it anyway.  Everyone of you have probably already seen it.  Anyway...  Tell me what you think.

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The House on Wednesday reauthorized for five years broad electronic eavesdropping powers that legalized and expanded the George W. Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program.
The FISA Amendments Act, (.pdf) which is expiring at year’s end, allows the government to electronically eavesdrop on Americans’ phone calls and e-mails without a probable-cause warrant so long as one of the parties to the communication is believed outside the United States. The communications may be intercepted “to acquire foreign intelligence information.”
The government has also interpreted the law to mean that as long as the real target is al-Qaida, the government can wiretap purely domestic e-mails and phone calls without getting a warrant from a judge. That’s according to David Kris, a former top anti-terrorism attorney at the Justice Department.
The measure is sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and the Obama administration has called its passage a top intelligence priority. (.pdf) The bill generally requires the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court to rubber-stamp terror-related electronic surveillance requests that ensnare Americans’ communications...

Read the whole article here.

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Fuckin' Republicans want to continue to diminish our rights, Democrats want to continue to take our money and give it to someone who hasn't earned it redistribute our wealth.  Romney or obama, it doesn't make a shit of a difference.

Stay safe.