House Grants Telecom Amnesty, Expands Spying Powers

Filed under:Bill of Rights — posted by 3wire on 6/22/2008 @ 9:42 pm

For those of you still laboring under the delusion that the Democrats are any different than the Republicans when comes to your constitutional rights, here is more evidence to the contrary.

From Wired:

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives quickly passed a bill Friday that will expand the government’s ability to install blanket wiretaps inside the United States. It will also put an end to the lawsuits filed against the nation’s telecoms for helping the government spy on Americans without getting the necessary court orders.

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