I never thought I would have to figure out how to keep President Bush from reading my e-mail, but now I do. Congress recently empowered Bush’s spies to read my digital correspondence.

Phone calls and e-mails are at risk considering congressional Democrats pathetically caved to administration demands on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Much of the debate by the bill centered on retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies that helped the administration break the law.

The media and pundits talked less

about the changes that endanger Americans’ privacy. By passing the FISA revisions, Congress cleared the way for federal snoops to listen in on far more electronic communications, particularly those going overseas.

Usually, at that point in a column, I would explain how the country shamefully undermines civil rights to appease fear-mongers. I would passionately argue that patriotic Americans should condemn the changes.

Meanwhile, a little voice in the back of my mind […]

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