Mike hope you don't mind I felt this ne needed more exposurte
The Obama administration is making another assault on the constitution and personal privacy and liberties. It appears that it wants to make private companies turn over employee's and user's internet access records without a warrant, (and so many of you railed at Bush for wiretapping foreign origination phone calls).
Adding to its other recent actions at eliminating personal privacy, i.e. - declaring that cell phone users have no right to privacy, et al, the administration wants the FBI to be able to access private company records by simply adding 4 little words to the current list of what can be obtained without warrant: electronic communication transactional records.
If this happens, it will allow the FBI to demand ISP's and other private companies to provide individuals internet history to the FBI without a warrant, all under the guise of national security.
This adminstration, while, during the campaign, promised to increase national security while "enhancing" civil liberties, but it appears that the administration has a strange way of defining "enhanced" civil liberties. It has not only continued the policies of Bush, Clinton and previous adminstrations (although you only hear Bush mentioned), it has expanded government intrusion into our private lives in the name of security. And this doesn't even count the assaults under the guise of health care reform or financial reform.
But I am sure, even after this, there will still be those of you who will totally ignore the intrusions of this administration and continue to blame Bush.
The full story can be found here.
Hugh - not a problem, thanks, things like this can always use more exposure.
If accessing this information is so important, why can't they go through their own red tape and get a warrant. Why are they allowed to access private information without leaving a paper trail?