[ExI] Upon pondering your freedoms: _The Soviet Story_, Expanded FISA passed

[Amara Graps]

Last Saturday on extropy-chat, I wrote:

>Meanwhile, on July 8, the Senate will debate, and are scheduled to
>vote, on the FISA expansion and telecom immunity bill. I predict
>that there are still too many spineless people in Congress to
>follow the guidelines set in writing in the Constitution and will
>pass the bill.

>And for your entertainment pleasure:

>Snuggly, the Security Bear
>http://www.markfiore.com/snuggly_0

>"We're watching you because we love you!"


There was a part of me that hoped that Feingold and Dodd and the other
dissenters could prevail, but that was the naive part of me. The Senate
passed the FISA-expanded with telecom immunity bill, so Congress has
approved a wire-tapping law, not long after they were 'outraged' over
the discovery that Bush's Federal Government have been spying on you.

Senate approves warrantless wiretapping and telco immunity, throws out
the Fourth Amendment
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/09/senate-approves-warr.html

In the comments, the Boing Boing readers have provided the breakdown of
Senate votes.


Amara