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  Well, Yes, The Government Is Spying On Us
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Last EditedCraverguy  Apr 20, 2009 06:19am
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News DateFriday, April 17, 2009 02:45:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting Americans' emails and phone calls in what the New York Times terms a "significant and systemic" manner is hardly surprising.

Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, The Nation and the American Civil Liberties Union have been complaining for years about the lax federal regulation and oversight of the spying agency.

When Congress debated -- and ultimately endorsed -- the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA), the handful of members of the House and Senate who actually take seriously their oaths to defend the Constitution expressed appropriate opposition.

Along with the The Nation, the ACLU and other privacy advocates, these dissenters warned that the supposed "fix" actually lent official legitimacy to the secret warrantless wiretapping program that President Bush illegally initiated in 2001.

They also warned that the dumbing down of privacy protections would lead to more spying on Americans.

And so it has.
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