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FISA amendment fallout

EFF’s Hugh D’Andrade has collected a number of angry editorial responses to Congress’ failure to protect citizens from unprecedented government surveillance. The Democrats’ abject fear of looking “soft on terror” belies what they think of the American public—that we’re all too scared dumb to recognize when “to fight terrorism” is describing a hollow excuse instead [...]

House bill may migrate broadcast indecency regulations to cable

Ars Technica dropped an update on the “Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007,” (press release) cosponsored by Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE). The bill proposes to give subscribers options for more “family-friendly” programming in two ways: (1) forcing cable providers to follow FCC broadcast indecency standards related to the scheduling [...]