Wired has a pretty grim analysis of Specter’s “compromise” bill. Could somebody explain to me why giving the executive branch secret powers to spy on the citizenry without being accountable to anybody isn’t a bad thing?

So, under Specter’s bill, the Attorney General could order AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft to send a copy of every instant message to the government, every credit card company to send a copy of every transaction of every one of its customers, and every email provider to siphon off to the FBI a copy of every email sent by and to Americans — all WITHOUT ever seeing a judge. And none of these companies or organizations could say anything publicly or contest the order in court (though they would get paid for the service).

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