The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) reports today that the US Justice Department made 1,745 requests last year to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) for permission to wiretap electronic communications or search for physical evidence in counter-terrorism cases.
That’s up from 1,579 requests in 2010. Every single one of the requests submitted in 2011 were accepted, though 30 were modified by the court. [BoingBoing]
Ah, fresh Rush Limbaugh idiocy with a healthy dose of hypocrisy … ‘cos there’s certainly not enough of that. Via DCRTV: On Tuesday, Rush Limbaugh said that George W. Bush didn’t go to Vietnam and [more...]
I’m starting to get really burned out by ranting about the shenanigans of this administration. I never thought there would be daily outrages from the Bush regime, much less multiple daily outrages. And four more [more...]
When the news broke, oh, a couple days ago, about a missile strike aimed at al Qaeda’s #2 man, I asked myself, which one? I mean, it seems like they keep on capturing and killing number 2 men all the time [more...]
