Jul 10, 2008 14:44
"This Administration has put forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand. When I am president, there will be no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens; no more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime; no more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. Our Constitution works, and so does the FISA court."
-Barack Obama
Today Barack Obama voted for the FISA Bill that granted retroactive immunity to the telcos that cooperated with the illegal spying ordered by President Bush, and greatly expanded the ability of the government to spy upon its own people.
I just love politics.