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In reply to the discussion: Isn't it amusing to see all the Obama defenders ignoring the issue of mass surveillance? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)for the sole purpose of making legal what Bush's illegal behavior. They protected him and his cohorts in the telecoms by making it legal to get a warrant AFTER THE FACT and made that amendment RETROACTIVE. There was OUTRAGE here and elsewhere when they did that. A blatant slap in the face to the American people.
And to have people point to that piece of trash rescue of a clearly criminal element who got their hands on the reigns of power NOW, after all the figthing back then to try to stop them from changing that law, is beyond endurance sometimes.
I don't like to be crude, but an old saying comes to mind when anyone tries to use that travesty of an Amendment to defend the exact same disastrous policies Bush implemented by telling me 'it's now legal' ... 'don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining'.
Maybe you weren't around when they rescued the criminals with that amendment. Maybe you didn't know that Obama, running for the WH at the time, made eloquent speeches against it. Then he turned around and voted for it. THAT nearly lost him the election. But people had to overlook it including me, although it was a warning of things to come, I know now. He tried to 'explain it' but no one bought the explanations, they chose ot move forward, with way less enthusiasm.
In short the FISA Bill should have been left as it was, Bush and his telecom friends who all violated the law should have been prosecuted, not rescued. Instead, we are where we are. The question is, what now? Electing Democrats was supposed to be the solution.