What we _can_ do is prepare for a long guerilla war with the bastards. 80% of the population will willingly trade away their rights ("what have I got to hide?") for more perceived security. Ben Franklin saw this 230 years ago.
It's war. Too late for a public relations campaign so that some future Congress will slightly relax their laws.
And in a war, gotta break some eggs.
--Tim May
Mostly, I agree -- at least as far as Congress is concerned. I place more hope in the courts, which could be because I've been practicing con. law for 19 years (many on f-c know this, but I do not assume that Tim knows much about me). But even though I work within the law, this may become a by any means necessary situation. As I type, I'm remembering when the FBI raided my office about a dozen years ago, without so much as a warrant, thank you very much, accusing me of violating national security laws. Technically, they were right; legally, they were wrong, but they didn't give a shit. Nice reminder (coming from a liberal, for those who've just been asking what liberals think) that a little civil disobedience now and again is not such a bad thing. -Jim