At 08:30 PM 10/13/2001 -0700, Tim May wrote:

On Saturday, October 13, 2001, at 07:37 AM, Declan McCullagh wrote:

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http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47549,00.html

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House Endorses Snoop Bill By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com) 2:00 a.m. Oct. 13, 2001 PDT Democrats were the most strident critics of that decision. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) said: "What we have today is an outrageous procedure: A bill, drafted by a handful of people in secret, comes to us without a committee review and immune to amendment."

But this is the way the best police states are established: quickly, out of the light of day, and with muted dissent.

It's what many of my friends have been hoping for. Only a complete fascist takeover can trigger the eventual collapse.

Top Senate Republicans, ah? I'm sure some of us are selecting our match ammo at this very moment.