Obama's support for the FISA "compromise"

What Barack Obama did here was wrong and destructive. He's supporting a bill that is a full-scale assault on our Constitution and an endorsement of the premise that our laws can be broken by the political and corporate elite whenever the scary specter of The Terrorists can be invoked to justify it. What's more, as a Constitutional Law Professor, he knows full well what a radical perversion of our Constitution this bill is, and yet he's supporting it ... Full Story »

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by robert rothman - Oct. 1, 2008

Yet another excellent article by Mr. Greenwald. As a Obama supporter, I was very disappointed. Indeed, there is no rhyme or reason for Obama to support this blatanly anti-democracy bill that gives Cheney/Bush almost everything they want on a silver platter! As far as Pelosi and Reid are concered, if I had the druthers, the power I would fire them so fast they're eyeballs would pop out of their pretty little heads. And yes, I'm still voting for Obama, he still head and shoulders above John McSame. But, I'm very disappointed.

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