Glenn Greenwald in Salon: Needless to say, Coretta Scott King was not suspected of having committed any crimes. She was a completely innocent woma
August 30, 2007

Coretta Scott King Glenn Greenwald in Salon:

Needless to say, Coretta Scott King was not suspected of having committed any crimes. She was a completely innocent woman. And yet the federal government -- with the knowledge and approval of two different presidential administrations at the highest levels -- read her private mail, listened in on her telephone calls, and monitored and recorded her activities, all without warrants or oversight....

What the FBI did to Coretta Scott King, with the approval of two different presidential administrations, is reprehensible, and everyone outside of the small band of Bush authoritarians can understand why that is the case. Using such abuses to demonstrate why the Bush administration (and all other administrations) should be trusted with surveillance powers only accompanied by oversight is what the Democratic leadership would do if they were actually committed, as they claim, to reversing the disgraceful and dangerous law they just enacted....

Congressional Democrats actually seem to become weaker and more accommodating with every day that passes. Even when you think that they cannot get any weaker or more accommodating, they always manage to prove you wrong.

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