Olbermann covers the wiretapping issue again tonight . . . with lead counsel for plaintiffs . . .

[defendandprotect]

UPDATE: Even better, Olbermann tonight will have on as a guest Kevin Bankston of EFF, the lead counsel for the plaintiffs suing Bush officials for illegal spying, which means Olbermann intends to cover this issue again tonight. Along with the ACLU and others, EFF has been truly heroic in defending the core constitutional liberties of Americans and serving as a key check on executive abuses. As I noted in Monday's post, this is what Bankston said on Monday after reading the Obama DOJ brief:

President Obama promised the American people a new era of transparency, accountability, and respect for civil liberties. But with the Obama Justice Department continuing the Bush administration's cover-up of the National Security Agency's dragnet surveillance of millions of Americans, and insisting that the much-publicized warrantless wiretapping program is still a "secret" that cannot be reviewed by the courts, it feels like deja vu all over again.


See updates I and II ---

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/

[snappyturtle]

1. K&R nt

[xchrom]

2. +6

[leftstreet]

3. K&R

[Sebastian Doyle]

4. Olbermann isn't on tonight. Schultz is guest hosting

I'm assuming he'll have the same guests if they're already scheduled though.

[NYCGirl]

6. Only the first segment of "Extra Ed" is new — the rest is a rebroadcast of

his 6PM show.

[MissDeeds]

5. K & R

"Deja vu all over again" is right. This is not the change we voted for. :thumbsdown:

[empyreanisles]

7. I want to hear the OTHER side. The plantiffs have already told their story.

I expect nothing new other than a premature Obama bash-fest.

[GreenTea]

8. Stay on it Keith....

[smiley_glad_hands]

9. Voted for him to make the right decision even if that means he doesnt want to tell me what that is.

[Pastiche423]

10. I don't believe I have ever read a more idiotic post

in the seven years I've been here.