Dodd Speech

Yesterday, in Senate, Chris Dodd gave a dynomite speech... well it reads like a dynomite speech anyway, I looked through C-SPAN and was unable to procure video, and he's really old so he probably didn't vocalize it as well as it looks on paper (did you know Dodd was on the committee that investigated the Kennedy assassination?-- just a little fact). The topic of the speech= FISA courts.

"We reject the view that the traditional American principles of justice and fair play have no place in our struggle against the enemies of freedom. Moreover, our investigation has established that the targets of intelligence activity have ranged far beyond persons who could properly be characterized as enemies of freedom. .....

We have seen segments of our Government, in their attitudes and action, adopt tactics unworthy of a democracy, and occasionally reminiscent of the tactics of totalitarian regimes."
-Senator Dodd

He also later gives a staggering figure:

"As for the FISA court? Between 1978 and 2004, according to the Washington Post, the FISA Court approved 18,748 warrants and rejected 5. Let me repeat that. The FISA Court, according to the Washington Post, approved 18,748 warrants and rejected 5. The FISA Court has sided with the executive branch 99.9 percent of the time."
-Senator Dodd

That is something I was unaware of. This speech reads well, at least page s868 does (there are quite a few pages). Chris Dodd is the tits.