Finally Someone Grows Balls
At long last, some of our elected officials have grown the balls to draw some kind of a line in the sand to stop our Fearless Leader from attaining his goal of becoming Chief of the Thought Police. In an administration that seems bent on "anti privacy terrorism" it is refreshing to see an attempt at drawing the line somewhere. In this case, Congress voted to stop the storm troopers from delving into library and bookstore records. Of course, the Shrub promises to veto it so that all will know whether these naughty possible terrorists may have been reading incriminating books or magazines like oh, Bill Clinton's Memoirs.
Washington Post Coverage "The House handed President Bush the first defeat in his effort to preserve the broad powers of the USA Patriot Act, voting yesterday to curtail the FBI's ability to seize library and bookstore records for terrorism investigations.Bush has threatened to veto any measure that weakens those powers. The surprise 238 to 187 rebuke to the White House was produced when a handful of conservative Republicans, worried about government intrusion, joined with Democrats who are concerned about personal privacy."