Will.i.am.not, and I’m not a musician, and don’t have a studio, and bags of money to pay to professional video people. But, Barack Obama’s declaration that he will vote in favor of retroactive legal immunity to telecommunications that broke the law to spy on millions of American citizens has given me a political black eye.
The FISA Amendments Act doesn’t just give retroactive immunity, of course. It also gives the Attorney General of the United States, a political appointee of the President, unstoppable spy powers to conduct physical searches of Americans’ homes and spy on us as we talk on the phone or use the Internet. It can all be done without any evidence that the people being spied on are even suspected of a crime.
That’s why I made this short video podcast. Count it as my response to a presidential candidate who thinks that the President should be beyond accountability.
Oppose Barack Obama from the left? Yes we can.
