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Freshman Democrat Nancy Boyda (KS-02) got a rousing thanks from the front page bloggers of DailyKos today when a recently posted BoydaBloc video made its way to nation wide netroots activists.
With thank yous posted both on Youtube and on the Kos page, spineless members must be shaking in their loafers as American voters are beginning to stand up against the Senate version of the FISA bill.
In her own Op-Ed in the Ottawa Herald Boyda said about the bill...
"To my mind, “wiretap first, get permission later” makes perfect sense. It gives the executive branch the power it needs to fight terrorism, and at the same time, it preserves the checks and balances our Constitution guarantees. It ensures that the U.S. intelligence community has every tool it needs to fight terrorists. And, by providing judicial oversight, it ensures the privacy of Americans who travel overseas for business or pleasure. It is simply wrong to wiretap Americans without a warrant.Very unfortunately, the president has drawn a line in the sand. He has sworn to veto any FISA bill that includes court oversight. Instead, he wants the executive branch to oversee itself; he wants all FISA programs to fall under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence.
That is a flagrant violation of checks and balances, and what’s more, it won’t help America fight terrorism more effectively. The FISA court is extremely generous with its warrants. Through 2004, the court had granted 18,761 wiretap requests. It had rejected only five."
Thanks be to Nancy!
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Comments (1)
WOW. So impressive. Boyda Bloc Rocks.
Posted by Pam Pohly
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March 15, 2008 10:09 PM
Posted on March 15, 2008 22:09