By Martin Bosworth Following up on my post from a little while back discussing Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell’s desire to police the Internet, the Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima confirmed last […]
FISA Fight, Round 3: Dems refuse to cut off debate on telecom amnesty
By Martin Bosworth In a rare and welcome example of showing steel in the collective spine, Senate Democrats have voted down an attempt to shut off debate and block amendments on the […]
FISA Fight, Round 2: Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way
By Martin Bosworth I warned you last month that although Chris Dodd and a grassroots push from the blogosphere succeeded in stopping the reauthorization of laws that grant the government vast new […]
All your Internets are belong to ATT & the NSA
By Martin Bosworth Two seemingly coincidental bits of news crossed my desk yesterday morning. First, the Wall Street Journal contains excerpts of an interview with Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell in […]
Reid pulls FISA bill from Congress, backs down from Dodd and the grassroots
By Martin Bosworth The headline says it all…threatened with a filibuster and after eight hours of angry, eloquent debate on the vileness of supporting warrantless wiretapping and amnesty for lawbreaking telecom companies, […]
Democrats’ spines turn to jelly on warrantless spying once again–but there’s still hope
By Martin Bosworth It was largely expected, but no less disappointing to wake up this morning and find out that Senate Democrats on the Intelligence Commitee agreed to carry water for the […]
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