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this same type of bullshit logic was why wiretapping laws had to be passed — the old way of thinking of it was "once you call someone on the hpone, you are going over public wires and anyone can listen in". Obviously that was bullshit, and laws were passed to protect that.
Q: So why do we move in the opposite direction for email?
A: Technology war. The powers that be want to use new technologies to erode old rights.
This also seems to be a reversal of previous rulings stating that email IS protected.
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Democrats bitched about the abuses that people in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo faced. So they elected Obama.
Looks like Obama's way of making sure Abu Ghraib doesn't happen again is to give the government the authority to not release pictures in the future.
I'd love to see people justify this as good thing. Obama's promise of government transparency? A lie, at this point. This is about hiding information from the people.
HE POKED A HOLE IN THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, for chrissakes. This is something Bush would do. So much for a government "for the people", huh?
The ACLU is against this, of course. They aren't partisan. They are pro-freedom. They know bullshit when they see it, and they call it as such.
But will the Obamans be able to admit to themselves that this is wrong?
October 30, 2009
October 31, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Spencer: “Interesting that citizens’ email is deemed an open forum for searches, but RNC and DNC communications sent via email from the White House during the past 3 administrations were strenuously argued as 4th amendment covered.”
Stacy: “Being subject to surveillance (and no-knock raids, and paying your taxes, and going through metal detectors, etc) are for the little people.”