11-03-2008, 07:30 PM
Oh, hooey. The bill Clinton wanted would have placed chemical tracers in explosives and allowed one warrant to apply to all telephones used by an individual terrorist suspect. Good Lord, it is not the same at all. For one thing, Clinton's wiretap would have required a warrant, a little something that's covered in the Fourth Amendment.
The Republicans essentially brought the writ of assistance--a kind of general warrant that allowed the authorities to search anywhere, anytime, for anything they wanted to--back. The writ of assistance is one of the damned reasons we fought the damned Revolutionary War.
The Republicans essentially brought the writ of assistance--a kind of general warrant that allowed the authorities to search anywhere, anytime, for anything they wanted to--back. The writ of assistance is one of the damned reasons we fought the damned Revolutionary War.