Comments on: Is John McCain Backtracking on Wiretaps?

By: court reporting

court reporting — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:59:11 +0000

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By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:39:00 +0000

“The gov't is going thru your records without a warrant, they can tap your phone without a warrant. This does not bother you?”

I think most people feel that since they have not done anything wrong nor have anything to hide from the government, then the government is free to pry. I wonder if these same folks would be fine with having the government spy on them in their bedrooms…. After all terrorists could gather in a bedroom to discuss plans on attacking the US….

Frivolous lawsuits should never happen, but the lawsuits are justified against the telecoms. We all know the telecoms' actions were illegal, so they should be brought to trial.

By: lurxst

lurxst — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:18:28 +0000

His position on the FISA is not at all surprising when you think of how many telecom lobbyists are advising his campaign.

Charlie Black anyone?

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/m...

By: runasim

runasim — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:21:28 +0000

McCain's career as a maverick is riddled with backtrakcing
.Even his anti-torture advocacy stopped when he switched to supporting a compromise bill, allowing GWB to pose for the cameras as he signed a bill riddled with loopholes,

In many ways, though not all, McCain's would really be Bush's third term.

By: Slamfu

Slamfu — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:17:02 +0000

They are hardly junk lawsuits. No one really knows what they've given the gov't except that it far exceeds the supposed limits of foreigners only communications. In SF they walked off with huge blocks of data that they would “shift” thru later. Not even a nod to filtering for specific suspects. The gov't is going thru your records without a warrant, they can tap your phone without a warrant. This does not bother you?

By: DLS

DLS — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:05:00 +0000

No junk lawsuits against telecoms should be permitted. As to the ACLU remark, facts are facts. The ACLU is nothing to be proud of and often has been inimical to this nation. (I needn't linger on its selectivity and well as creativity with what it calls “rights.”)

By: BBQ

BBQ — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:39:26 +0000

Maybe he can “clarify” these statements like Obama “clarified” his today. I would say politics as usual except while Obama is doing the natural run to the center during the general, McCain still seems to be in primary mode of running to the base.

By: Slamfu

Slamfu — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:59:30 +0000

"“neither the administration nor the telecoms need apologize for actions that most people, except for the A.C.L.U. and trial lawyers, understand were constitutional and appropriate in the wake of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001,"

Yea, because it says that constitutional rights only count during times of peace and calm. When the going gets tough the founding fathers thought we should chuck them. I'm sick and tired of these self proclaimed tough guys wetting their pants at the suggestion of a terrorist attack, as if that justifies undermining the Bill of Rights.

Furthers my belief that terrorists are unable to bring us to our knees, unless those among us let their fun run away with them.

By: Davebo

Davebo — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:47:41 +0000

Yes.

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By: Todays Current Events in Politics » Alert - “John McCain”

Todays Current Events in Politics » Alert - “John McCain” — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:51:20 +0000

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