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- jerrym123, on 10/10/2007, -4/+71I hope the phone companies get burned big time $$$ for helping Bush and co. spy on Americans without search warrants. And to those neocon cowards who say "I have nothing to hide so who cares if they look at my phone records and listen to my calls" I say you do not deserve to live here in America if you would give up your constitutional rights so easily. Our founding fathers deserve better than the Republican retards in congress and the White House are delivering.
- spaceman0, on 10/10/2007, -1/+59Just a little perspective check: Here's the wiki entry for Kevin Martin --
"Kevin Jeffrey Martin (born December 14, 1966) is the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He was nominated to be a commissioner by President George W. Bush on April 30, 2001, and was confirmed on May 25, 2001. President Bush renominated Martin to a new five year term on April 25, 2006, and he was reconfirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 17, 2006.
Before becoming a commissioner, Martin was a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. He has also served as the Deputy General Counsel to Bush-Cheney 2000, on the Bush-Cheney recount team in Florida, and on the Presidential Transition."
Now, whose interest is he really serving? Keep in mind Bushco is pushing to provide retroactive immunity to all companies involved in illegal spying.
Anyways, he the fact that he was on the Bush Cheny recount team, should speak volumes about his integrity. - syroncoda, on 10/10/2007, -1/+47yeah go on.... let the government get away with crimes. its ok. they're the US government. nobody's going to complain... and hell if they do just call them a terrorist and put them in prison until they forget or the world forgets them.
- EntropyMan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+41He's not investigating because he knows what happened. Kind of pointless to hold an inquiry into something you probably helped facilitate, eh?
Reminds me of the State Department Inspector General, who thinks his job is to prevent General Inspections. - whatthefu, on 10/10/2007, -4/+43***** the FCC.
- inf0, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20They should tap Bush & Cheney's phones... imagine the crap that would come out of that..
- crapmatic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19The FCC should go back to doing what they do best -- protecting us from Janet Jackson's boobs and sending us form letters when we complain about junk faxes.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18This guys a crook, why would he help?
- macwisdom, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Our taxes at work
- RichPowers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15When was the last time the FCC did something good for America? Seriously, ***** them and ***** Kevin Martin.
- counterplex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14If Congress and the Senate have nothing to hide, I'd like their phone records too please.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14I really don't understand why and how rebellions in the USA are not a daily occurrence now-a-days. :( it saddens me to be part of this nation of bull ***** and I've made it my life goal to not raise a family here. It's so pathetic that the country i was once happy to be a part of has now turned to utter *****. GG America... GG
- wtfpwned98, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13The fact that he was nominated by Bush at all speaks volumes about his integrity. These guys have always put loyalty ahead of competence...it should have been obvious from the start that they would be a bunch of criminals.
- mik0r, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10anyone else really surprised by this?
-taps the microphone-
didn't think so... - zanzzz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7The real disgrace here is the response by J.M. McConnell, the Director of National Intelligence. For him to characterize an investigation into illegal Telco cooperation with the NSA as posing "exceptionally grave damage to the national security" is an outrage. He should be investigated by Congress for obstruction of justice charges. Anyone who has a casual interest in news must realize at this point that communications are being data mined by our government. So will any potential adversary. The only damage an investigation could cause is of a political nature that is long overdue.
What the Bush Administration and various spook agencies wish to avoid is a political debate to determine if data mining constitutes "search" and is therefore unconstitutional. - fixedcoma, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8S o that means we can sue for invasion of privacy and breach of contract! Yes?
- Mononuclear, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7you would be surprised...
- justananomaly, on 10/10/2007, -4/+10Maybe if Bush had declined to investigate the Al Qaeda-Iraq link...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Asking the FCC to investigate the NSA.
Yeah, THAT'LL work... - fixedcoma, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7So that means we can sue, for invasion of privacy and breach of contract! Time to make some money from these greedy *****!!!!!!! it says they didn't have a legal base to do so...... Need I say more?
- vikingdiplomat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6you only mention democrats, and while i agree about them being too complicit: 1) everyone in general is too complicit these days, and 2) democrats might be too complicit but at least they're not the catalysts like republicans and easily-fooled idiots are these days...
- FallenWings, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7I swear to God this guy is bipolar. One minute he's giving the telcos a swift kick in the nuts for the reprehensible U.S. broadband market, the next he's picking their pubes out of his teeth for this NSA thing. I don't know what to think about this guy.
- RoyHobbs, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6This is a real surprise...
- merwin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4T-Mobile has a setup for lawful police intercepts, not wiretapping of everything that goes through the network, like AT&T
- p0tent1al, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5AT&T and Verizon huh? Canceling my account with Verizon today, switching to T-Mobile. People in this country are starting to awaken to the type of ***** the government and corporations put us through.
...........It's time we let em know who's boss - zyklon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Bush and Cheney? More like Giuliani. I'm highly doubtful it's his wife calling him.
- sdonahoe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Looks like someone is making sure the corporate/government revolving door will stay nice and oiled for the time being. Expect Martin to be a VP at ATT in about, oh, 15 months or so...
- inf0, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4and Hillary, Rumsfeld, Rice, etc. etc. etc.
- EntropyMan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I guess it doesn't really matter. I just found and submitted this which would tend to say the Dems won't even fight against immunity on the civil front.
http://digg.com/politics/Dems_Fighting_Hard_Agains ... - obliviousfool, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The only lawsuit is in legal limbo right now because the party bringing the suit could not prove it was affected by the surveillance. I think the ACLU is encouraging the Supreme Court to look at whether this power of surveillance is legal or illegal without regard to infringing on anyone's specific rights.
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/32055prs200 ... - swrostmore, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Cheney worked in the Nixon white house, he knows better than tto allow himself to be recorded
- obliviousfool, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2They probably do. How do you think we get into these messes? What better way to get blackmail material and force the president to be your lackey? Now, who is they? That's where it would get interesting.
- wtfpwned98, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3your comment? ok.
- swrostmore, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4last time I checked, AT&T wasn't a branch of the federal government
- tehxen3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3T-Mobile is much better yeah...
- alternativecatI, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Ron Paul people. Ron Paul.
People have said his insistence on cracking down on federal agencies like the FCC and the FDA are bad things, but you have to look at what these agencies are really doing. - swrostmore, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Why does some sad sack always think it's a good idea to let the world know how unsurprised they are about the latest headlines? So you aren't surprised, eh? Is that because you are one of the proud .0001% of America who has been following the NSA wiretapping scandal? Or because you are such a political afficianado that you already knew the chairman of the FCC was appointed to his position as a reward for favors rendered unto Bush in 2000? Or is it because you are such a fatalistic, apathetic ***** that any time any news whatsoever comes out of Washington you respond by yawning with the smug self-satisfaction of one who can't be bothered to vote?
- TheSwashbuckler, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Can you say "cover up"?
- merwin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Because this is SOP for the Bush administration. It shouldn't surprise anyone who is paying attention.
- pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3actually not at work, since he declined. they would rather spend it on wars than investigate violation of the constitution or caring for sick kids.
- Herostratus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The FCC is just here to make TV suck.
- JonForTheWin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2As of hearing this, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is a traitor who should be exiled from this country.
- merwin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I doublt that Cheney has an electronic voice print. Hell, I'm pretty sure he doesn't even have a reflection.
- SeethisPass, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Heck of a job FCC.
- wtfpwned98, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Right...that's why Bill Clinton's administration was just filled with people from Arkansas. You're a real sage when it comes to politics and history.
- mik0r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1precisely.
- dBLiSS, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1..They'll make you take a tinkle when you wanna take a piss..
- Skooma714, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wait, people actually expected the government to bring up charges on itself?
This is a reason why 9/11 truthers suck as well, even if Bush really did plan it, do you really think the government is going to police itself? That's our job, but sadly were a bunch of slackers and cowards. - dstz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This is a call for much smaller governments. This big and powerfull they can't be served served by honest, down to earth, people anymore.
- blackmage439, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Nerf the Telco's. FCC is underpowered.
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