Remember Enemy of the State?

[MuηkyMØÜf]

The Senate Wednesday approved a bill to put new rules in place for intelligence agency eavesdropping on suspected terrorists.

Communication technologies like mobile phones have made the 1978 FISA bill out of date, supporters say.

 The bill also effectively protects telephone companies from being sued for cooperating with a government surveillance program launched in the wake of the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. The White House pushed hard for the provision, with a threat to veto the bill if it did not contain protection for phone companies.

The vote was 69-28, with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois voting in favor. Republican candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona was not present for the vote.

President Bush said Wednesday afternoon he will sign the bill, calling it "vital" and "long overdue."

This article and related stories found here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/senate.fisa/index.html


This means that e-mail & cell phones can be monitored w/o approval from a court or a judge by the gov't.

Whats in the eavesdropping bill you ask?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/fisa.explainer/index.html

[nick09]

It would be so different if did not have the attacks.

[MuηkyMØÜf]

I honestly believe that it has been going on for quite some time between gov't & military but was never brought to the light of day. Plus, this would have happened eventually with or without the attacks on US soil.

[Ryu # 20]

I honestly believe that it has been going on for quite some time between gov't & military but was never brought to the light of day. Plus, this would have happened eventually with or without the attacks on US soil.

That's true. Your government guys can get very paranoid at times. At least I'd rather have them than our actual government.

At least you're not talking about "takin' from the rich to give the poor". That's what they're doing, in a nutshell. They want to take 50% of our farmers' income (which is rather high). Plus they're saying, along with the Venezuela and Bolivia presidents, that "The U.S.N. 4th fleet is patrolling the Atlantic.". Please. As if the U.S.A. were interested in us.

If I ever see one of those ships I'm gonna ask for those guys' autographs.

God Bless America!

[thefisherkings]

Mr president I'm sorry about that comment about your height