So how come when president bush allows our constititional rights to be violated its a main story here. http://www.dailykos.com/...
But when President Obama allows the practice to continue as he has today, its a non story?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
So how come when president bush allows our constititional rights to be violated its a main story here. http://www.dailykos.com/...
But when President Obama allows the practice to continue as he has today, its a non story?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Just trying to figure this out. I mentioned it in the comment thread and got HRed, which is borderline pathetic.
"Under the policy begun by Bush and now continued by Obama, the government can open your laptop and read your medical records, financial records, e-mails, work product and personal correspondence -- all without any suspicion of illegal activity," said Elizabeth Goitein, who leads the liberty and national security project at the nonprofit Brennan Center for Justice.
Our consitutional rights are going to be allowed to be trampled yet again, and this was authorized by "our guy", so we just ignore it?
The Dems solution to this is to create legislation that simply sets time limits for how long our rights get to be violated.
For instance, searches conducted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers should now generally take no more than 5 days, and no more than 30 days for searches by Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents. The directives also require for the first time that automated tools be developed to ensure the reliable tracking of statistics relating to searches, and that audits be conducted periodically to ensure the guidelines are being followed, officials said
So why such a firestorm under bush, but today we dont even mention it. Time to look at ourselves closely in the mirror.