Worse than FISA

My computer is still not back, but I am braving the waters of suicidally-slow response to post a link to HuffPost that you will (hopefully) be hearing more about.

A bit of background:

In case you have not made your living negotiating the sausage-making process of government, you may not realize how important "rules-making" is. Many of the most horrific government policies have come not through the legislative process, but through "rules making" that would never survive legislative review

I live with this each day in my non-profit environment. If you get to write the definition of "homeless" for example, you can instantly erase huge portions of the homeless population! Did you know that most homeless kids are not homeless? As long as they have ten friends willing to let them spend the night three nights over the course of a month they're all good!

But I digress....

FISA was a battle lost. And the almost inevitable consequence of failing to check the erosion of rights is........

more erosion of rights.

And this time, all we get is a hearing, not a vote.