Wednesday, Oct 31st, 2007 at 1:25 pm
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Terkel, Studs
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“During my lifetime, there has been a sea change in the way that politically active Americans view their relationship with government.”
- Studs Terkel
Earlier this month, the Senate Intelligence Committee and the White House agreed to allow the executive branch to conduct dragnet interceptions of the electronic communications of people in the United States. They also agreed to “immunize” American telephone companies from lawsuits charging that after 9/11 some companies collaborated with the government to violate the Constitution and existing federal law. I am a plaintiff in one of those lawsuits, and I hope Congress thinks carefully before denying me, and millions of other Americans, our day in court.
- Studs Terkel @ The New York Times: link.
Via Kevin’s Security Scrapbook: link.
