FISA Bill's Real Target: What Remains of Our Open Society

FISA Bill's Real Target: What Remains of Our Open Society

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This law will cripple the work of those of us who as reporters communicate regularly with people overseas, especially those in the Middle East. It will intimidate dissidents, human rights activists and courageous officials who seek to expose the lies of our government or governments allied with ours. It will hang like the sword of Damocles over all who dare to defy the official versions of events. It leaves open the possibility of retribution and invites the potential for abuse by those whose concern is not with national security but with the consolidation of their own power.

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Will we soon see the end of infowars and sites like that?

Was FISA all about free press?

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