Matthew Rothschild: Bush Proposes Regulatory Change to Ease Spying

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from the Progressive:



Bush Proposes Regulatory Change to Ease Spying
By Matthew Rothschild, August 4, 2008



With these Bush guys, you’ve got to read the fine print.

On July 31, they published in the Federal Register a proposed change to Title 28, Section 23, of the Code of Federal Regulations.

This is the section that governs domestic spying.

The existing language said that information gathered in an intelligence case could be disseminated only “where there is a need to know and a right to know the information in the performance of a law enforcement activity.”

This limitation was designed to protect “the privacy and constitutional rights of individuals,” the statute behind this section states.

Well, that limitation would be null and void.

The new regulations would allow dissemination “when the information falls within the law enforcement, counterterrorism, or national security responsibility of the receiving agency or may assist in preventing crime or the use of violence or any conduct dangerous to human life or property.”

Boy, you can’t get much broader than that. .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.progressive.org/mag/wx080408.html

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1. Lunch hour kick!

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2. So in other words, the government can spy on you anytime, without a warrant or probable cause-- AND

if they happen to notice you're doing something illegal... off to jail with you. Assuming citizens still have Habeas Corpus rights, of course.

If Obama wins the election, he could correct all this crap pretty quick. Use it against the GOP and their major donors. You'd see cries to end abuse of Executive power all over the corporate media.

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3. "You'd see cries to end abuse of Executive power all over the corporate media."

You know it.

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4. Kick.

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5. Warning! Don't buy any more bottled water than you can drown in.

or buy a box of matches.