Reply #88: What do we know about the program? [View All]

[High Plains]

That the president claims the right to spy on Americans without a warrant.

That the president would rather do that than comply with FISA, which bends over backwards to let the president spy on Americans--as long as he gets a warrant AFTER THE FACT.

What else do you need to know? Gee, maybe if you ask the president nicely, he'll tell you all about it. Otherwise, I guess you're stuck in a sort of Catch-22: We can't criticize the program because we don't know what it is, we don't what it is because the president won't tell us, so we can't criticize the program...

I don't really care if a majority of Americans support blatantly unconstitutional usurpations of our rights. I would rather be a member of an opposition party with principles than a member of a party that wins elections by applauding the destruction of the Constitution in the name of expediency. Of course, with the current Democratic leadership, I get a losing opposition party without principles. Goddamnit, stand up for something, Democrats!