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House and Senate Reject E-mail Surveillance

vena writes "The Star Tribune reports the House and Senate today agreed not to allow email surveillance of American citizens proposed by the Total Information Awareness program. Additionally, negotiators agreed to halt all future funding on the program without extensive consultation with Congress."

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  1. Crazy people by tarquin_fim_bim · · Score: -1, Troll

    Of the Pentagon, he said, "They've got some crazy people over there."


    These would be the ones planning on executing thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians, and condemning probably the same number of allied servicemen to horrific deaths? No shit.

  2. Re:TIA clothing available... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You mean the same ACLU that supports NAMLBA?.. (North American Man Love Boy Association or something to that effect)

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77006,00.htm l

    Give your money to the EFF instead. Support only responsible non-profits.

  3. Re:Not quite over yet by Martin+Blank · · Score: 1, Troll
    idiot - A person of profound mental retardation having a mental age below three years and generally being unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers.

    moron - A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or vocational education.

    Bush, Jr., may not be the best public speaker, but he does not fit the above definitions.

    dork - 1. Slang. A stupid, inept, or foolish person. 2. Vulgar Slang. The penis.

    Bush, Sr., was by your own words intelligent, and therefore that negates this, unless you meant the latter definition, in which case I thought he had one, but maybe I was mistaken about his particular features.

    fool - One who is deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding.

    Yeah, you described Clinton well there.

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    You can never go home again... but I guess you can shop there.
  4. Re:About time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shall I go over the bill of rights one at a time? Let's see... Privacy

    Show me in the Bill of Rights were you are guaranteed a right to privacy. (Hint: its not in the Bill of Rights)