The FISA Court: A Joke
The secret U.S. FISA Court that approves the government's surveillance operations is a joke, but it must be nice work if you can get it. What are the qualifications for rubber stamping loads of classified paper, anyway? They couldn't be all that weighty except that you have to have a law degree. They approve virtually everything the government puts in front of it, so the amount of reading and research that this "Court" has to do must be negligible at best, and with the rarest of exceptions (we can't think of a word that's rarer than rare), all of their decisions are pro forma, in other words, just do what the government says -- period. The appointees on this "Court" are all appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, their decisions cannot be reviewed by the public, because it's secret, and it's becoming increasingly obvious under the weight of the recent spying-on-virtually-all-Americans-and-the-world (by the Obama govt.) revelations, that they care no more for the Constitution than the politicians in Washington, D.C., these days. As more news comes out, Americans are beginning to understand that the reasons for this Orwellian dragnet are more about control than security.
[revised on 7/9/13]
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Mark is probably the only politician in Washington that had the temerity to keep the 2004 election shenanigans in the news as late as 2013 and to call out names. Help us solve the mystery of "The Other Curious Election of 2004" (WA 9th Congressional District U.S. Rep. primary) by contacting real journalists and asking them to look into it. Please, ask these journalists to use "Freedom of Information" requests to get to the bottom of this case. Elections are too important for shams to be ignored and for accountability to be neglected.
[revised on 7/9/13]
If possible, please, consider contributing to the Party of Commons, which has scores of members, by sending a check or money order ($10 recommended) to Mark Greene's Party of Commons or $10 to the U.S. Representative Campaign that will be on the ballot in 2014 (to Mark Greene for Congress); for either address, write to P.O. Box 612, Bellevue, WA 98009. Thank you!
Mark is probably the only politician in Washington that had the temerity to keep the 2004 election shenanigans in the news as late as 2013 and to call out names. Help us solve the mystery of "The Other Curious Election of 2004" (WA 9th Congressional District U.S. Rep. primary) by contacting real journalists and asking them to look into it. Please, ask these journalists to use "Freedom of Information" requests to get to the bottom of this case. Elections are too important for shams to be ignored and for accountability to be neglected.
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