Comments on: NYT: Military Expands Domestic Surveillance

By: Peejz

Peejz — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:42:39 +0000

5-I understand FISA. Does this "Right to"Financial Privacy Act of 1978 have independent oversight? If not, why not? Why is the new right wing so ignorant about governmental abuses? I guess you just overlooked or are too old to pay attention to the portion of the article that clearly states: Congressional officials said members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees had been briefed on the use of the letters by the military and the C.I.A.

By: Sky-Ho

Sky-Ho — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:43:10 +0000

Liberals in a snit?

Well, count me, an Eisenhower Republican, as greatly disturbed over this issue. I also believe Ben Franklins comment on giving up liberty for “security”.

I understand FISA. Does this “Right to” Financial Privacy Act of 1978 have independent oversight? If not, why not? Why is the new right wing so ignorant about governmental abuses?

I see so many parallels with “socialist party” in Germany in the ’30s and the lately styled “Republican party”.

By: snowy egret

snowy egret — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:46:22 +0000

S.F Lib must have brains walnut sized becuase they spend too much time sitting in the hills lotus style whole going OOOMMM OOOMMM OOOMMM or howling like a wolf when the full moon rises:razz:

By: TedintheShed

TedintheShed — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:29:07 +0000

Re 1:

If you read the article, you may find this intersint:

“Military officials say the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, which establishes procedures for government access to sensitive banking data, first authorized them to issue national security letters.”

Bush was not President in 1978. Care to contemplate who was?

I didn’t think so.

By: Super Lib

Super Lib — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:32:09 +0000

Only a Liberal, anti-war, hate-America President and Administration can succeed! I’d say bring back our most respected icon, Jimmy Carter, but frankly he’s a little too old.

But the point is well taken, San Francisco Liberal. And you are exactly right: the voters recently mandated Liberalism, Socialism, and Progressivism. It is the will of the people!

By: San Francisco Liberal

San Francisco Liberal — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:44:42 +0000

How long, 2009?

We need a new president, executive branch.

This one BLOWS.

By: The Mahablog » The Pentagon Goes Fishin’

The Mahablog » The Pentagon Goes Fishin’ — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:15:03 +0000

[...] Indeed, as near as I can tell from Technorati and Memeorandum, the only rightie blogger commenting on this story as of yet is this one, who says what the Pentagon is doing is “all perfectly legal,” and adds, “As usual, the left is in a snit! Gee, big surprise huh?” [...]