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January 16, 2006
I’m late to the party...
Al Gore on C-Span. (Streaming Real Player video)...
Why is warrantless wiretapping illegal?
And on this particular Martin Luther King Day, it is especially important to recall that for the last several years of his life, Dr. King was illegally wiretapped-one of hundreds of thousands of Americans whose private communications were intercepted by the U.S. government during that period.The FBI privately labeled King the "most dangerous and effective Negro leader in the country" and vowed to "take him off his pedestal." The government even attempted to destroy his marriage and tried to blackmail him into committing suicide.
This campaign continued until Dr. King's murder. The discovery that the FBI conducted this long-running and extensive campaign of secret electronic surveillance designed to infiltrate the inner workings of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and to learn the most intimate details of Dr. King's life, was instrumental in helping to convince Congress to enact restrictions on wiretapping.
(from the transcript)
Don’t just know that Bush is scary, know why Bush is scary...
Update:
Gore is passionate, engaged and smart. Why didn’t this guy run against Bush back in 2000?
Posted by Andrew at January 16, 2006 07:01 PM
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They must have injected something potent into him. He's downright vibrant! Wow. Like you said, where was he in 2000? With enthusiasm and passion like that, he would have spanked Bush!
Posted by: Afaeyre Maede at January 17, 2006 07:20 PM