2008-06-21 Blunt Talk on Surveillance Reform

2008-06-21 \FISA\Bush wiretaps http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Nzg3ZDM5OGE4NTdjMzZkZjUxNTczYmFkYmQzOGI3NTc= Blunt Talk on Surveillance Reform &ldquo;The surveillance-reform compromise bill, called the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, has overwhelmingly passed in the House. You can tell it must be a good deal by which of our lawmakers are angry and which arenâ€™t. .. The New York Times reports that one of its very favorite liberal Democrats, Jerrold Nadler of New York City, is an unhappy camper. No surprise there. Rep. Nadler â€” who was instrumental in winning a pardon (to be precise, a commutation) for Weather Underground terrorist Susan Rosenberg on Bill Clintonâ€™s last day in office â€” is always available for a soundbite about how the Bush administrationâ€™s aggressive stance on terror is shredding the Constitution.&rdquo; Note the repeated instances of reasoning by reputation: a bill must be good if the right people like it, and Nadler must be wrong because he defended someone who is arguably evil.   