Nat Hentoff | Like Bush, Obama disables our rights | AnnistonStar.com
P Bruckart
Although I was glad to hear him make reference to not giving up our freedoms in the interest of national security and expediency (paraphrase) in his inauguration speech, I believe Hentoff’s article is “spot on.” It would be great to gain his support in our efforts. –Patrick B.
http://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/2009/as-columns-0122-0-9a21u1949.htm
1/22/09
Sen. Obama, after pledging his opposition to that bill by intending to filibuster it, wound up voting for it, to the deep disappointment and surprise of some of his ardent supporters. Now, under President Obama, Verizon, AT&T and other major telecommunications organizations are assured that they can continue to provide continuous streams of our communications data to the omnivorous National Security Agency, which will share the information with other intelligence agencies.
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Our new president's discarding of the Fourth Amendment is supported by the recently revealed August 2008 ruling by the otherwise long-secret Foreign Intelligence Court of Review that says yes, telecommunications companies must cooperate with NSA and other government intelligence operations to intercept our e-mails and phone calls.
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Holder and the new president have given us their first reckoning on "secret electronic surveillance against American citizens." Like the previous government, they approve! I will watch with mounting interest on their other reckonings concerning, for example, CIA's secret prisons and "renditions" of terrorism suspects to be tortured in other countries.
P Bruckart
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