So, you thought that it was going to end, didn't you? Well, think again, not only did congress grant those telecoms immunity for ILLEGALLY wiretapping us before and since 9/11/01, they're going to give them even MORE fucking power. To me this doesn't say we're getting closer to a real and true democracy, but dangerously close to tyranny of a dictatorship, which we've (U.S.) been heading towards for too long now.
FBI Agents May Get More Power to Probe Anyone
The New York Times reports the Justice Department may soon allow FBI agents to open an investigation of anyone, conduct surveillance, pry into private records and take other investigative steps without any clear basis for suspicion. According to a letter signed by a group of senators briefed on the issue, the plan might permit an innocent person to be subjected to such intrusive surveillance based in part on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion or on protected First Amendment activities.
Not sure if this is the article that DemocracyNow was talking about or not, but I figure it gives you/us a place to start or keep researching from.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/washington/10fisa.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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