Barack Obama stopped by the Capitol today to vote for the reconditioned FISA bill.  Regardless of his explanation and the defense he offered for his vote to give the telecoms immunity from prosecution, it was a sad day for those of us who still believe in civil liberties.
Only 28 senators voted against the FISA bill […]

This is the note directly from Barack Obama and posted at his request on his website.
I want to take this opportunity to speak directly to those of you who oppose my decision to support the FISA compromise.
This was not an easy call for me. I know that the FISA bill that passed the House is […]

I suppose Obama can’t be perfect.  Losing John Edwards was a blow to the people and many of us, myself included, threw our support behind Barack Obama.  Today, I add my voice to those who are more than disappointed with his FISA position.  That leaves me with the problem the rest of the world sees.  We […]

Well, it’s now up to the Senate to preserve our rights.  The House compromised away most of what we thought the Democrats would stand for today.  In doing so, it is safe to say that they made the President smile, and any time Bush smiles these days you know he has successfully taken another cookie […]

Turning our attention back to the rules of spying, there seems to be an impasse at this time.  Does that mean we will have new spy rules or will we revert to the old rules?  Or, as the present administration sees it, will they have to play by the rules?
According to the Washington Post the so-called […]