One Set of Laws for US Citizens, Other Laws for Corporations

My head is going to explode over the FISA court/warrant wireless wire tap issue. These so called libertarian/limited government republicans and "fair" demorcats are writing up bills with retro active immunity for telecommunication companies who knowingly broke the law.

The average citizen breaks a law and faces consequences. A company does it and they line up the pockets of political players on both sides to pass them legislation to cover the tracks of their law breaking activity.

Here are links to what is going on in Congress with regards to the FISA Bill, Here and Here.

The 9/11 argument is total manure because it was recently revealed that telecom companies were giving the govt/executive branch our phone records without a judge signing off on it BEFORE 9/11.

This issue is not about providing the government the necessary tools to catch terrorists as the former law provides a 72hour window to snoop without a warrant. It is having safeguards in place so that our rights of unreasonable search and seizure(Remember the 4th amendment?) are not voided out in the process.

Eventually, the government has to prove to a judge that their snooping is warranted. Extension of the current law guts judicial oversight and lays it in the hands of the Attorney General. We have seen how trustworthy that office has been in the past few years. "I dont recall!"

The Congressional Democratic leadership are not innocent by their enabler actions either and I wish I could throw my cell phone out the window. The telecoms behavior sickens me and I have whole post ready to rip them apart.

Thank God Presidential Candidate, Senator Chris Dodd recently showed some leadership on this issue by placing a hold on the bill that would give telecoms retroactive immunity.

I am fearful that we are soon becoming a country where we as citizens have to prove to the government that our behavior is legal under their laws, instead of the onus on the government to prove that our actions are illegal.

The Orwellian world of 1984 is alive and well in 2007.

Wiretap Debate
Telecoms giving Bush Administration our phone records BEFORE 9/11
Telecoms' political donations earn them immunity legislation
Fire Dog's FISA coverage
Senator Dodd has Balls to stand up for our rights
Dodd provides hope that political leaders fight for individuals over corporations
Mac Gs World