This story is from Tuesday, but has been ignored thanks to Imus and all the other“important” news: President Bush’s spy chief is pushing to expand the government’s surveillance authority at the same time the administration is under attack for stretching its domestic eavesdropping powers. National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell has circulated a draft bill that […]
The AP just reported that Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is threatning to filibuster any attempts by the Democrats to block Bush’s escalation plan. This is ironic, considering what McConnell was saying in his majority days of the filibuster: Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell said yesterday that Republicans have enough votes to invoke the “nuclear option” […]
From today’s New York Times comes a story that gives the sense we may have more “Patriot Act” style arguments but this time it is over cell phones. Most Americans carry cellphones, but many may not know that government agencies can track their movements through the signals emanating from the handset. In recent years, law […]