Barr rips FISA deal
June 23rd, 2008 by Jason PyeBob shares his thoughts on the recent FISA deal struck by the Bush Administration and Congress. The campaign also sent out a press release condemning the deal without Fourth Amendment protections.
The Bush Administration would have us believe that this is necessary, this absolutely essential in order to catch terrorists and how this sky is going to fall if this legislation isn’t passed that is the argument that they made to Congress and the American people.
It’s all about power. It’s access to information; Ayn Rand, a philosopher, said, “If you take away a man’s privacy, you gain the ability to absolutely control him.” She was correct. If you don’t have any privacy or if the government can listen in, or you think the government can listen in to whatever it is that you’re doing, you have no power left over the government. They control you and that’s what it boils down to. It’s all about power. Government having power to control the citizenry by being able to listen in to what they’re saying and what they’re doing.
You can watch the video of his thoughts here:
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Although perhaps beyond the scope of the actual spirit of why the mention was made in the Constitution, doesn’t this act of granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies violate Article 1 Section 9’s “No ex post facto law” clause by altering the legal ramifications of their actions after the fact?
June 28th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
The integrity, security and safety of our national telephone and Internet communications systems must become a major concern as we look forward to Change in November.
Private government contractors monitor all U.S. telephone and Internet communications. Some of these private contractors are corrupt or have weak internal controls.
60-70% of the National Security Agency and the CIA’s National Clandestine Services budgets are paid to private contractors. See http://HappinessHacker.com for links to NYTimes articles and respected sources that document private government contractor concerns.
Do you think all these private security contractors are honest and honorable?
The War on Terror is a $100+ billion industry, the people and organizations profiting from it will not let go easily.
Can we have fair and free elections in November if our telephone and Internet communications systems are compromised?
Please give this issue some attention.