Comments on: Filibuster Threatened Over Wiretap Law

Senate Debates Competing BIlls Overseeing Surveillance Of Americans

[gunownerdan]

"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. When the government fears the people, it is liberty. When the people fear the government, it is tyranny."
-- Thomas Paine

[hockeymanvt]

Sen. Dodd makes a good point about the false choices that the Bush administration seems to constantly promote but even IF it comes down to security or liberty, I am proud of Sen. Patrick Leahy''s stand that LIBERTY should be our most essential goal.

[hockeymanvt]

Sen. Dodd makes a good point about the false choices that the Bush administration seems to constantly promote but even IF it comes down to security or liberty, I am proud of Sen. Patrick Leahy''s stand that LIBERTY should be our most essential goal.

[hockeymanvt]

Sen. Dodd makes a good point about the false choices that the Bush administration seems to constantly promote but even IF it comes down to security or liberty, I am proud of Sen. Patrick Leahy''s stand that LIBERTY should be our most essential goal.

[cbsblogger]

Any corporation that disobeys Constitutional law needs held accountable. Executive orders of the President are not Constititutional law. He is not a dictator.

[cbsblogger]

The government should not be doing wholesale spying or monitoring of communications of US citizens unless they have suspicions of wrongdoing of a specific or organization and that would legally lead to an allowable wiretap.....which means Constitutional controls are in place.

[antoniof123]

Good for you Sen. Christopher Dodd.

[random_radar]

Note that it is not a debate about "Should the government monitor us."

Its a debate about "HOW should the government monitor us."

Our government is working to protect itself FROM us, rather than to protect us. What are they afraid of? What are they planning that would make them want to erect defenses AGAINST the People?

[trillion1]

At least a few in Congress still work for the American people.

[forthepeopl1]

RIGHT, NO ONE CAN SUE THE GOVERNEMNT BECAUSE THEY WILL SAY OPP STATES SECRETS....

JUST MORE LIE LIE LIE THEY HAVE SAID.

NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT MOST LIED ABOUT WAR..WHY NOT INPEACH THEM ALL. THIS WAS WAR, LIEING TO AMERICA AND HAVE AMERICANS KILL FOR THIER PLESSURE

NOT LIKE BILL LIEING ABOUT HAVEING ***...AND THEY WANTED TO INPEACH...WHATS WORGE WITH THAT PICTURE..

LIEING IS IMPEACHABLE....

[bobnjersey]

[Hmmmmmm.......any zany Nazi posts coming?]
[Posted by easeup at 01:29 PM : Jan 24, 2008]

no nazis ... but this is unarguably a fascist policy. claims of protecting americans is bv!!***. they''re all covering their a$$3$ ... so they can say they did something when the next attack occurs.

spying on americans should never be allowed ... these activities are only the tip of the ''domestic spying'' iceberg.

the ''allegedly cancelled'' tia (total information awareness) program is consolidating all available info on us citizens and they''re mining it for whatever they feel is important to them.

[easeup-2009]

Hmmmmmm.......any zany Nazi posts coming?


I''ve got a hunch......