[weegee]

Durbin lost his ability to criticize the bill on those grounds (which he DID) because of his ILLEGAL and IMMORAL actions.

And FReepers had better be willing to step forward and show what they have done to prevent the tapping of suspected mobster phones. If organized crime can be investigated through such means, then certainly those who mean to do great harm to random citizens deserve EQUAL (if not greater) surveillance.

[supercat]

And FReepers had better be willing to step forward and show what they have done to prevent the tapping of suspected mobster phones. If organized crime can be investigated through such means, then certainly those who mean to do great harm to random citizens deserve EQUAL (if not greater) surveillance.

If the government is unwilling to protect the borders, which pose the most clear and present danger to this country, why should one believe that it will use any tools it is given for the purpose of stopping the people we would call terrorists, as opposed to going after people who might try to force government accountability?