The current Dem rollover is part of a pattern: the legal vulnerability of the Bush Posse is being rapidly remedied. There is currently a blog commenter at large on the Internet espousing the viewpoint, which seems to hold much truth, that what cannot be classified and offers a glimpse behind the spying curtain is material that has entered the public record thanks to state-level suits against communications companies who have collaborated with/capitulated to the Bush administration’s requests to offer access to users’ information.
If this information was brought to light, apparently the Bushies would be in clear legal jeopardy, instead of the usual miasma created by quasi-legal or hard-to-litigate actions. Their gig could be up. If you think that has something to do with the sudden headlong rush to make parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act legalize actions for wish they wish cover, you’re probably correct.
And then take on board what The Decider proclaimed when he signed this Democratic capitulation into law: he wants more power yet, and most importantly, he wants immunity for the companies he oddly said were "alleged" to have helped them spy.
It doesn’t take a genius to recognize that the cases in question would be dismissed, and that the troublesome evidence which might take down the Bushies at long last would no longer be a problem. If the Dems decide to play dead on that one, they will seal forever the last, best chance to truly reveal how thoroughly our rights have been violated.
Then good luck to those of us who proclaim, like outraged Americans in movies always do, "You can’t do that to me! I’m an American!"
