National Public Internet apologizes for this week’s Hawke and Dove Program being two days late.
Hardly any partisan skirmish in Congress this term has been as drawn-out and protracted as the fight to fix FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. With GOP congressmen lining up behind the Telecom companies in support of immunity for their apparent illegal wire-tapping and snooping, Democrats appear to be the new libertarians, fighting for privacy rights after unprecedented citizen involvement. Judiciary Committee Chairmen in both houses are adamant that the Bush Administration be disallowed from hiding their actions in the closet any longer.
Hawke, Dove, and Myron explore the slippery slope of public surveillance, snooping, and spying in this episode, which reveals more than it intends.