Our boy Russ is makin' some waves, yay!!

[Connonym]

http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2008/04/national-security-letters-patriot-act.html

"The privacy of American citizens is a core value in our society," said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a former federal prosecutor and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, at an April 23 hearing on the FBI's use of NSLs. "I think this is our next really big civil liberties issue."

And addressing that issue may start with a bill, sponsored by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.), which would both drastically limit the circumstances under which these secretive orders are issued and strictly regulate how the information obtained is handled by the FBI.

[midnight]

1. This is great news. But where the hell is everybody, and

why do we even have to be passing this type of legislation? Geez....Don't we already have laws that say you can't spy on us.