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- noun an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance
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Ask senator Obama …. .what exactly has changed in the last six months to prompt these flip flops … fisa hand guns
The Early Word: July 4th Edition - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Submit a Comment • Trackback (0) • Related Topics: barack obama, fisa, liberals, middle
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| Reply | Permalink can't obama's position on fisa be seen as actually being tougher on the telecoms and the lawbreakers than those who are against this bill are?
Story Of Anti-FISA Group On Obama's Web Site Goes National 2009
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Yes, to impeachment & resistance to voting against such bill of rights squashing acts like Patriot I & II, fisa, military commissions, bailout ...
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| Reply | Permalink also that story misrepresents want this fisa bill does.
Story Of Anti-FISA Group On Obama's Web Site Goes National 2009
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No. i mean, obama wants to hold them criminally accountable. the "netroots" and the anti-fisa people just want to make sure they can be sued in court.
Story Of Anti-FISA Group On Obama's Web Site Goes National 2009
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Forget about fisa there are much, much, much bigger issues at play here.
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| Reply | Permalink can't obama's position on fisa be seen as actually being tougher on the telecoms and the lawbreakers than those who are against this bill are?
Story Of Anti-FISA Group On Obama's Web Site Goes National 2009
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Especially, the fisa court which is almost a rubber stamp.
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Also, I was all over the fisa thing, like you are, but I am not any more.
Obama Social Networking Group Forms -- To Pressure Obama On FISA 2009
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