Florida conservative files suit to stop mass surveillance by government

[kpete]

Hollywood conservative files suit to stop mass surveillance by government

By John Holland
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted June 28 2006

HOLLYWOOD -- She's a lifelong Republican, a proud conservative who rails against big government and doesn't have time for whiny liberalism. Now she's siding with the ACLU.

Strange times indeed, Theresa Fortnash says.

The Hollywood woman has filed a lawsuit in Miami seeking to stop the government from gathering records on virtually every telephone call made within the United States. She wants a federal judge to block AT&T from handing phone logs to the federal government, even though President Bush says the program is critical to national security.

"I know people are going to say I'm hurting our country, and that's why I thought a long, long time before doing this,'' said Fortnash, a computer database designer and mother of a 10-year-old daughter. "But I love my country, and this program goes against everything our country is about and everything my party has been about."

more at:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-swiretap22jun28,0,4218838.story?coll=sfla-news-broward

[Avalux]

1. This is what HAS to happen.

American citizens, regardless of political ideology, coming together to stop Bushco's trashing of our Constitution. Common ground reached on the basic principles of our country; putting aside our differences because in the end, we all love our country. I believe it is possible and if it happens, we will have the power to stop Bushco. "We the people"!

[rox63]

2. Another conservative steps away from the kool-aid pitcher!

:woohoo:

[zbdent]

3. Another Repuke who suddenly has to have the ACLU bail them out

gee, maybe they should tap into all that money the religious righties throw at them and hire Roy Black . . .

[dogday]

4. I admire anyone who has the courage

to step up to the plate and stand on the right of our constitution... Good for her....