How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love Domestic Wiretapping - Via Threat Level:

It's nice to see that the Republican party is operating a WPA-like program for former Rudy Guiliani's presidential campaign ad makers.

Consider this GOP video as a make-work program for propagandists given the job of scaring freedom-loving people with phantoms of lost wiretaps, without realizing that the fear mongering is so 2004.

For those who want to know why the expiration of the so-called Protect America Act isn't a big deal, see our earlier post on the House's refusal to adopt the Senate's spying bill, which precipitated the current round of fear mongering.

See Also:

• House Democrats Stand Up To Bush, Refuse to Rubber Stamp Domestic ...
• Senate Approves Telco Amnesty, Legalizes Bush's Secret Spy Program
• Republicans Walk Out As Democrats Confront Bush Over Spying Deadline
• House Rejects Spy Bill Extension, Setting Stage for Adoption of ...
• AT&T Whistle-Blower Hits DC To Stop Telecom Spying Immunity
• Analysis: Spy Ruling Portends Hurdles for AT&T Eavesdropping Case
• AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance

(Read Original Article - Via Threat Level.)