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Wiretap Bill Dead?

by TChris

This is good news, if the prediction is accurate:

Congress is unlikely to approve a bill giving President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program legal status and new restrictions before the November midterm elections, dealing a significant blow to one of the White House's top wartime priorities.

With domestic wiretapping off the table, those who care about their country can spend the rest of the week worrying about the administration's attempts to gut habeas corpus and build expensive fences.

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  • Re: Wiretap Bill Dead? (none / 0) (#1)
    by Punchy on Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 03:57:50 PM EST
    Fences I can live with...the threat of being put into a jail minus charges or trial or judge or jury or evidence or probable cause, all at the whim of the President, I cannot.

    Re: Wiretap Bill Dead? (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 09:13:03 PM EST
    What fools we will be as a nation if the president is handed this kind of authority...