Part of Dodd's speech last night on FISA. Full text here:
Update: Looks like the fight to strip the executive branch of excessive power will not be joined by the likely next executive. That, in and of itself, is a major disappointment. But the spin is even worse than that:
My view on FISA has always been that the issue of the phone companies per se is not one that overrides the security interests of the American people."
Quite the contrary, Senator Obama. When you frame it that way, the principles upon which our nation was built become a little less secure.
