Via Hit & Run, Sarah Lai Stirland reports on the plan to roll out a new political action committee called Accountability Now, which would punish members of Congress who voted to legalize warrantless wiretapping and immunize the participation of telecommunications companies in illegal spying.
On the Accountability Now site, you can pledge to donate money in a newsworthy August 8th money bomb that will raise money to defeat candidates selling out privacy and civil liberties. I rarely, rarely support politicians, even the ones I think are good. The opportunity to oppose some bad ones is quite delicious.
August 8th is the day Nixon resigned thirty-five years ago.
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