Re: Anyone have opinions on today's FISA news?

[Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>]

This is a get-out-of-jail-free card whose sole purpose is to prevent
BushCo and cronies from being prosecuted.  Anyone saying that it will
"enhance US security" or similar is either (a) wrong or (b) lying or (c) both.

It *should* be overturned immediately on judicial review as it violates
the ex post facto prohibition in Article 1, Section 9.  However, given
that the courts have been stacked with inferior judicial appointees who
fail to understand and uphold the Constitution (e.g., the four abysmally
stupid assholes who voted to deny habeas corpus in the recent Gitmo decision)
it seems unlikely that this will happen.

Bottom line: they're gonna get away with it.  Somewhere, Richard Nixon
is laughing his ass off at the delicious irony.

---Rsk
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