There will be no silver bullet in the fight for our Constitutional liberties. We're on our own. Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that "national security" dictated that the lawsuit against AT&T for turning over phone records to the government must be dismissed. It would give too much information to the enemy, he said.
But what about information for ourselves? There are too many unanswered questions about this program and far too many legal gymnastics being proposed by the Republican Administration to trust what is happening. A phrase more than two-hundred years younger than this country sums up how Americans should feel about our government: "trust, but verify."
I'm Bob Johnson, I'm running for Congress in New York, and I'm going to make this an issue. It's far too important to just let all this slide, give amnesty for past actions and suggest the Bush Administration get approval from a court, as Arlen Specter has proposed. We have to lead on this, we as Democratic office-seekers and -holders, and we as committed activists who care about our country.
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