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Obama Administration Defends Warrantless Wiretapping
a whoabot writes "The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Obama administration has stepped in to defend AT&T in the case over their participation in the warrantless wiretapping program started by Bush. The Obama administration argues that that continuation of the case will lead to the disclosure of important 'state secrets.' The Electronic Frontier Foundation has described the action as an 'embrace' of the Bush policy." Update: 04/07 15:18 GMT by T : Glenn Greenwald of Salon has up an analysis of this move, including excerpts from the actual brief filed. Excerpt: "This brief and this case are exclusively the Obama DOJ's, and the ample time that elapsed — almost three full months — makes clear that it was fully considered by Obama officials."
Right, because market-driven health care has never hurt anybody.
It's not perfect, but socialized medicine in other countries isn't killing people -- at least, no more than the half-baked semi-socialised, highly regulated medicine in the US.
You guys spend more on healthcare than any country in the world, and it's this waffling that is the cause. Either deregulate medicine, or regulate it entirely. Leaving it in limbo is just driving costs up and driving quality down.
It's been a long time.