Bill Moyers: LICENSE TO SPY w/ Rep. Mickey Edwards and ACLU's Anthony Romero = WATCH

[L. Coyote]

Perhaps the grestest media revolution, within the greater Internet revolution, is the ability to watch media when we want, after broadcast.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09072007/profile2.html
Bill Moyers talks with former Congressman Mickey Edwards and ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero about revisions to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

WATCH: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09072007/watch.html

On August 5, President Bush signed into law the Protect America Act, which temporarily amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), allowing the government greater power to eavesdrop on telephone calls and e-mail conversations between American citizens and international suspects without warrants. The White House says that new Act provides necessary revisions to legislation which "has not kept pace with revolutionary changes in technology" and better addresses the needs of intelligence professionals.

Major changes instituted by the law include:

* The Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence now have the power to approve the international surveillance, rather than a special intelligence court.

* FISA Court now retroactively oversees government surveillance procedures after it's been conducted. It no longer scrutinizes individual cases.

* The government can now latch onto large telecommunications switches, allowing for more comprehensive eavesdropping on fiber-optic phone and email lines.

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[DURHAM D]

1. I have known Mickey for over 40 years.

Trust me when I tell you that he is not concerned about the Constitution or co-equal branches of government. He is a complete and absolute snake.

He is trying to sound rational for two reasons. (1) He wants to push his book because he never has enough money. (too many wives and children) and (2) He is afraid that HRC, BO or JE will use the new executive branch powers to go after (spy on) him and his brown shirt friends, including the Heritage Foundation. If any Repub looked likely to win the Presidency he would not be taking his current position.

Note: Mickey had to leave congress because he was caught in the 1992 Banking Scandal - also known as Rubbergate.

[L. Coyote]

2. Legal to spy on DEMS now? Yes. This is well worth the viewing. Kicking for visibility.

If a Dem calls from Canada, the Constitution is suspended!