{"id":24,"date":"2006-01-12T10:05:33","date_gmt":"2006-01-12T15:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/12\/the-fisa-farce\/"},"modified":"2006-01-12T10:05:33","modified_gmt":"2006-01-12T15:05:33","slug":"the-fisa-farce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/12\/the-fisa-farce\/","title":{"rendered":"The FISA Farce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Future of Freedom Foundation posted an article of mine on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fff.org\/comment\/com0601c.asp\">the FISA Farce.<\/a> Here are the first few paragraphs of the piece:<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times\">President Bush proudly announced last month that he is violating federal law. He declared that in 2002 he ordered the National Security Agency to begin conducting warrantless wiretaps and email intercepts on Americans. He asserted that the wiretaps would continue, regardless of the law. <\/font><\/p>\n<p>Bush claims that he must ignore the law because the secret federal court created to authorize such wiretaps moves too slowly to protect U.S. national security. Amazingly, his claim has been treated with respect, if not deference, by much of the nation\u2019s media. Much of the media has groveled to his claim the same way that the special court grovels to federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>The article does not find merit in Bush&#8217;s claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Future of Freedom Foundation posted an article of mine on the FISA Farce. Here are the first few paragraphs of the piece: President Bush proudly announced last month that he is violating federal law. 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