Just in case you weren't totally wrapped up in the sheer fucking irrelevance of the Cannes bullshit of last week, you may have noticed that Congress passed a "compromise" amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which if you've read the sordid details, sounds like the only thing that's been compromised are our Constitutional rights. And now the arse licking wankers in the Senate are poised to do the same. Unfortunately, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 adds little to existing FISA laws save for one very big thing: immunity for the telecoms who violated FISA laws on orders from the fucking "Commander in Chief." Essentially, all Ma Bell and her bastard offspring need to do is present a note that says Uncle Sam made them do it, and the 40-odd lawsuits pending against them vanish. While this rewards companies like AT&T and Verizon that failed to stand up to orders of questionable legality, it kicks the shit out of Qwest, who under the stewardship of my old mate Joe Nacchio, more or less told the NSA to fuck of!!! Can you Imagine the cojones it took to say no to the NSA, and what are the odds of anyone ever doing that again? Remember, three Bush appointees -- attorney general John Ashcroft, deputy AG James Comey, and FBI head Robert Mueller -- threatened to resign over this program. So this is clearly not a matter of the NSA forgetting to pick up a few subpoenas on the way home from the grocery store. This was something so fucking egregious, no one had ever seem its like before. Joe Nacchio should get a medal, everyone else should get major fucking "Gitmo" time.
Just one of the memos the NSA "Edited" during Joe's trial. Fucking douchenozzles!
