Why Dems MUST oppose FISA changes

[Spiffarino]

If you want to know why the Congress must stop this change to the existing FISA law, then you need to read the bill.

This comes very near the beginning (boldface not in original):

ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE FOR AUTHORIZING CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS CONCERNING PERSONS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

Sec. 105B. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, may for periods of up to one year authorize the acquisition of foreign intelligence information concerning persons reasonably believed to be outside the United States if the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General determine, based on the information provided to them...

If I'm reading this correctly, the decision to put people under surveillance AND decide if they are reasonably considered to be outside the US is entirely up to Gonzales or the DNI and they don't have bother to tell anybody what they've been up to for an entire year. This effectively allows the AG to, a) finger any target, b) spy on him, c) gather any information he wants, and d) never bother getting a warrant.

Are 16 Senate Dems really that stupid?? Are the House Dems about to become the enablers of a Stalinist takeover of our Constitution?

[tularetom]

1. Congressional Dems will be the first victims

KKKarl rove will use the newly granted spying powers to find skeletons in the closet of all Democratic candidates and potential candidates then use the skeletons to blackmail them into voting for even more shit like this, I'd say it serves them right and it does, except all of us will be victims too eventually.

[Spiffarino]

2. That is exactly what I think has been going on

Now they want to make it legal under the guise of the "Protect America Act of 2007."

Rove and Cheney use "1984" naming conventions to undermine democracy at every turn and Congress falls for it every time. Are they that weak-minded or is it just political cowardice?