[The Electrician]

Which "bastards" are you referring to, and what part of "their own medicine" are you referring to?

[John Beresford Tipton]

Those members of Congress and the Administration that vote for, with or without reading, things like the so called Patriot Act and fund projects like Poindester's Total Information Awareness, wherein they glory in their ability to gather info about mere citizens.

They might feel a little more empathetic if their own data were "out and about"