Why Barry Obama Might be Just Another Douche Bag Politician
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald has thorough breakdown of Barack Obama’s latest position statement regarding the FISA bill. From the article:
Barack Obama has issued a new statement on FISA in response to the growing number of his supporters objecting to his position. Genuine credit to him for being responsive this way and for having his site be a forum for disagreement among his supporters and himself. Providing a forum for those sorts of debates is a sign of a secure and healthy campaign.
Despite that, the statement contains many dubious claims and, in a couple cases, outright misleading statements. Worse, Obama’s statement only addressed the objections to the telecom immunity provisions of the bill, while ignoring the objections to the (at least) equally pernicious new warrantless eavesdropping powers the bill authorizes.
read the whole article here