The Democrats Embrace Big Brother
by Candace Cohn / July 2nd, 2008

It may be July, but Christmas came early this year for Big Brother and the telecommunications giants. Unfortunately, it is average Americans who will pay — dearly — on three separate counts.

First, precious constitutional and other legal protections against warrantless domestic surveillance have been shattered. The federal government may now secretly and legally eavesdrop on virtually any American’s e-mail, cell phone and landline communications — without first getting a court-ordered warrant.

New federal legislation gives the government and phone companies sweeping new domestic surveillance powers. It allows for mass, untargeted, warrantless eavesdropping against ordinary American citizens and political activists. It sets …

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