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- Mediaright, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15Under THIS administration? I wouldn't be that astonished if it passed.
- chosenone-, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11How 1984'ish.
- gimmegimmenow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Anything that criticizes the current Republican run government is quickly buried by our fellow Republican diggers. Also notice how questions about contacting government representatives kept being moded down. In other words, they favor fascism and will follow the Republican Cult like good little minions.
- Jay2005, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@tkdwilson....
If we allow people to be punished for blowing the whistle on these fascist activities, the government will just do everything for "national security" reasons. like random house searches for "national security"... secretly raising taxes for "national security" purposes... investigate all non Christians for "national security"... see? The person who blew the whistle on these wire taps easily helped us more than the taps themselves did, at least in my opinion. but then again, i see the current administration as a far greater threat than the "evil terrorists OMG LOL" - Diseage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6http://www.firstgov.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
You can look up who to contact by where you live. From there it will give you phone numbers, emails, and postal addresses. - sometemple, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7When you put this next to bills like the one that would require forum posters to provide their full names and other such nonsense, I really wonder whether or not these folks actually think they can continue to police the media in such ways. It's one thing to slap a reporter on the wrist (or throw them in jail), but what about the internet, blogs, etc... the independent media? Is this part of the push to control what the average joe has to say, or just the mainstream press?
- adam.lindsay, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Just have to host my site in China, their censorship laws seem to be weaker then ours. :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'm not entirely 'street smart' when it comes to government and such, but how can I contact the elected officials that represent me to voice my opinions to them?
- coredump0x01, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5People who think like that are the reason why ***** like this is allowed to happen. I suppose it's ok for Dubya to mount a camera in my bathroom as long as I and my family don't know about it, you know, since we have no right to privacy and are all terrorists anyway.
- penguinix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Tons of stupid bills like this are proposed all the time, most of the time they don't pass. Something as stupid as this definitely won't pass.
- Strangers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4People continuously compare our world to Airstrip One, but they're wrong. it's more like '1984' combined with Huxley's 'A Brave New World' and 'A Clockwork Orange', and some new stuff they didn't think of, just for a laugh :(
- sadsac, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Yeah, the founding fathers must be rolling over in their graves. How can you have free speech when the growing list of exceptions nullifies the whole idea?
- ThugEsquire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Try this link first, and just look for the branch of government you'd like to contact. The Congress is probably the most relevant branch of government to contact: http://firstgov.gov/Agencies.shtml
- 5blocksfree, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5FTA: Reporters who write about government surveillance could be prosecuted under proposed legislation that would solidify the administration's eavesdropping authority
That's just it - the president doesn't HAVE authority to eavesdrop (other than what he has imagined). He is clearly in violation of the law, and if he can't abide by the law, which he swore to uphold as a condition of his presidency, he should be hauled out of the whitehouse in cuffs. The fact that they are now drafting legislation to essentially remove the spectre of observation- a cornerstone of a free and democratic society in my opinion, could indicate a very clear intent to commit further violations. - Diseage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I would still be surprised. The republicans are pulling themselves away from Bush during the election year. With an approval raiting hovering around 37%, they don't really want to be associated with him right now. They are moving slightly more center as the election date approaches.
- adodikan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3You know how other countries dissolve their Congress equivalent to get new blood into the system? We should do that. Also amend the Constitution so that these citizens that make a living as a representatives and senators can't serve an unlimited number of terms. They are to be working for us, not for themselves. They should be paid minimum wage too. If they can't live off min. wage, that may give them some insight as to what the rest of this ***** country is going through. bloody fascists....
- AJRiddle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@mediaright
Uh, just to let you know, the administration approves the bills, making them laws - they don't vote on them. It would never get to the presidents hands - coredump0x01, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3 God bless America. What a beautiful, free, democratic country and honest, responsible government. NOT! I hope this helps more people to wake up and realize that action needs to be taken to prevent this kind of thing from ever starting! George Washington must have spun over in his grave so many times he's probably at the center of the earth now.......(I've already said too much, I can hear the black helicopters coming now). God bless the United States of Chinese Totalitarianism, May it free you of all your independent thoughts and feelings while assuring you it stangs for the opposite.
- jeremy66158, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Whistle blowers have always had a hard time exposing government's failures and crimes and it sounds like this would make their life even a greater hell.
- bigboy101011, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31984'ish? except for the year this is 1984
- Zelex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah, whatever. Freedom of speech.
- helensoots, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5"America is the land of the free!" HA HA HA *****!
- saleens281, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2... why did this get buried?
- Marking, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Bloggers and Reporters beware
Section 798 of the Espionage Act
Makes it a felony to publish classified information concerning the communications intelligence activities of the United States.
Dang ???
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/12/rs.01.html
I wonder how true this one is - rmassie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well since the law used to justify the wiretaps is a 1978 law, i'd say this is more 1978ish.
- adodikan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3ignorant people get blocked gollo...
- SeanMoney, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This is all ***** like everything else that gets proposed. What ever happened to Scooter and the Cia leak fiasco it all dies down and goes away after a while, While Dubaya and the boys make secret deals w/India, mangoes for nuclear intelligence that's sounds like a sweet deal to me. WE need an uprising in this country big time, how long are we going to sit by and watch our country getting sold out to the far corners of the earth, the parts were not trying to tell how to live anyhow.
- history1me, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Why the hell was this story buried? Do, that is messed up!
- blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2There will still be free.. as in beer.
I mean, while it is legal that is. - Norseman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Could? He's got nothing to lose, he's milking it for all its worth.
- alphacoder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The more worrisome aspect of all of this is the fact that so many of us do not make these bills, their sponsors and the issues talking points. We don't talk about them in school, work, after-work, etc. and feel somehow that it does not represent polite or interesting conversation. Take something like where people will regularly talk about an upcoming episode or past episode yet when it comes to things such as our rights or freedoms, we refrain. I think this needs to change for us all to wake up and actually begin writing and asking our candidates at all levels where they stand on civil liberties. Yes, it'll become a litmus test.
- Jay2005, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1We've not been free for a long, long time. This isnt the first time theyve traded freedom for "safety", it certainly wont be the last. yknow why? because it isnt bad enough for the average person to care. Even if this bill passes, nobody will remember in 6 months. The way theyve taken advantage of it to throw us into a police state in less then 5 years, one might even think the 9/11 was planned.....
- stalax, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2This will never pass congress, and is completely indefensible in court, but it's still completely unsurprising that someone would try to get a law like this passed.
And people wonder why there is so much apathy when it comes to the American people and politics. - LatvianHedgehog, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3"What ? The land of the free ? Whoever told you that is your enemy!" Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Guess Americans gotta abandon that whole "land of the free" nonsense now.
- brandizzle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I love Big Brother, I love Big Brother..
- Rice, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Just finished reading that today actually...
- gsarnold, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Mr. Representative, Mr. Senator, Mr. President,
"If you aren't doing anything wrong, why worry about it?"
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/18/066218
Turnabout is fair play.
-S - TKDWILSON, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I think really, they just aren't done amending this bill. When it comes in its final state it probably wont be too bad.
Eric Wilson - TKDWILSON, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2I agree mostly, but the reporter you are talking about compromised actual national security. It would be like if a reporter found out that the US government knew where Osama was and had a bombing set up later that day to catch him by surprise and the reporter reported his exact location and he ran.
Eric Wilson - gollo, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Ignorance is bliss.
Hey if I don't know about it and it keeps me and my family safe, then the government can listen to all my phone calls for all I care. - Berkana, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3Good to know, but in case you're illiterate, the Digg posting guidelines ask if the story is tech related.
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