We are a group of friends and acquaintances -- a merry band of pranksters indeed -- who have been arguing about politics on-and-off, then really on, then a little off... since 1998. On email. But that meant literally thousands of emails a year. That was too many. So here's the blog dedicated to carrying on that spirit of political and pop culture argument and dialogue. You might think of us as "schmoliticians", because while we take politics seriously, we try not to take ourselves quite so.
The New York Times reports that President Bush ordered the NSA to spy on domestic phone calls and emails after 9/11. According to television reports I saw, some at the NSA refused to participate for fear that such illegal actions would land them in jail. Apparently the Patriot Act was just too pinko commie soft on our civil rights.
posted by Pete @ 12/16/2005 05:17:00 PM
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Bruce Schneier has an excellent overview, along with suggested further reading. The best quote?
It is not overstatement to suggest that this may be the most significant violation of federal surveillance law in the post-Watergate era. [...] The reason Bush's executive order is a big deal is because it's against the law.
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