C-span is about to do a segment on FISA. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is the scheduled guest. We can expect him to be a stone-faced apologist for this bill, but we can expect a bit of morbid entertainment as he is confronted by callers livid with his complicity in what can only be termed crimes against the constitution. They will be telling him what he is right to his face, and he's going to have to smile and take it as America looks on.
The way the segment was promoted at the top of the show was as a contentious issue, with those who value civil liberties on one side and those who value security on the other.
If there is anybody out there who happens to get a call in to the show, be sure to call them out on that fallacy. If the issue were to be simplified to two positions then it would look something like this: Those who believe in the rule of law vs. those who believe in an all powerful executive.
Read More