Government Is Going To Tap Your Internet Calls

   This come from Alternet by way of the Huffington Post

  I'm not even going to comment on this other than to say " Bullshit!."

   This administration gets more corrupt by the fucking minute and it is getting to be a little bit to much!

 

 

 

Effective in May, those who provide "voice transmission" and broadband services will have to ensure that their equipment that is wiretap-ready, and accessible to your local police force and the FBI. The new legislation is modeled after the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement, or CALEA, which was designed primarily to facilitate wiretapping of mobile phones. This new legislation is intended to expand governmental surveillance powers to cover companies like Vonage, so the progression evolves thus: First we can tap Ma Bell, then Cingular Wireless, then Yahoo emails, then Vonage.

The rules set to go into effect in a couple of months were challenged by a U.S. appeals panel back in July, and U.S. District Judge Harry T. Edwards called courtroom arguments made by the FCC "goobledygook." He was, in my opinion, being kind. Civil liberties groups have expressed outrage over the FCC expansionism, claiming that this legislation doesn't take into account the fundamental difference between the telephone, a vehicle for conversation, and the Internet, a tool by which information is acquired and conveyed. Lawyers for the government argued only that the 1994 legislation intended to be applied to future technology; the Judge wasn't buying that, and neither should we.

Moreover, sophistic claims by the Justice Department that not increasing wiretapping capability to encompass the rapidly proliferating Internet phone industry will transform the Web into a refuge for "criminals and terrorists" are not only hackneyed, they're transparent enough for a 6-year-old to see through.

   

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George And Laura heading For Divorce Court?

    It is more than likely a Happy Valentines Day for the majority of the you, but, it may not be so happy at the White House for our dear George and Laura Bush.

    If this is indeed true, then the only thing George will have on his side that isn't on the Bush Crime Family payroll would be his dog. Unless of course, Laura takes it!

Fed up with her hubby's refusal to deal with their shredded relationship, Laura Bush has told the president that she's leaving him for a month---and maybe for good! ... Her desperate decision comes just weeks after a furious George stormed out on her following another bitter argument. "Laura's had it!" says the source. "It looks as if their marriage has reached the bitter end."

[T]he first lady had divorce papers drawn up, and showed them to George, pals say, telling him that if he didn’t shape up she would file. But George has stood by Condi---and now he's paying the price for loyalty to her.
---The Globe

The deteriorating marriage of George and Laura Bush has reached crisis level---First Lady Laura Bush has secretly hired a divorce lawyer, The Examiner can reveal. ...

She remembers what happened to Sharon Bush when she was getting a divorce from George's brother Neil. She didn't get the settlement she deserved until she threatened to expose all the family secrets in a tell-all book. ... "It's over," says the source. "The minute George's term of office expires, so will their marriage."
---The National Examiner

   Anyone credible out there who can corroborate this?

 

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