ACLU Fact Sheet on the “Police America Act"
“Protect America Act of 2007,"
allows for massive, untargeted
collection of international communications without court order or meaningful
oversight by either Congress or the courts
It contains virtually no protections for
the U.S. end of the phone call or email, leaving decisions about the collection,
mining and use of Americans’ private communications up to this administration
allows the Attorney
General (AG) to issue program warrants for international calls without court
review
has no protections for
American phone calls and emails that are caught up in the
dragnet
provides only a phony
court review of secret procedures
requires only meaningless
reporting to Congress.
a sunset that may be
of little value
More Lies From The Bush Fascists
Bush has not been held accountable for the felonies he committed and for leading telecom companies into a life of crime
spying on people without warrants lets a political party collect dirt on its adversaries