The effects of the FISA bill and Bush’s warrant-less spy program are starting to show. Below is an article taken from Democracynow.org on 29.7.08 which states that applicants for the Justice Department had their Internet search querys discovered and used against them. If the applicant had searched for certain items they were disqualified, items including “abortion”, “guns”, “Florida recount” and “Homosexual”.
This is another case of our freedoms being destroyed. Now, what you search for on the internet is no longer private information and without a warrant can be discovered and then used against you. Now, we must take care as to what we search for on the internet, for it can be used for discrimination.
The constitution was written not to impower the people but instead to limit the government. Our government has outsteped these boundries and is now begining to exercise its new found abilities to remake itself, to censor its people, and rule in favor of expansion. So waive goodbye to our first and fourth amendment rights because there’s no better way to censor the public then by restricting what they can know.
This text was taken from Democracynow.org, I did not write it and only wish to share it:
An internal probe has found top Justice Department officials practiced routine political discrimination in hiring for top positions. Applicants were disqualified for everything from links to Democratic Party politics and rumors of being gay or lesbian. Less-experienced Republicans were given priority, including one lawyer who drew raves for his position on “god, guns and gays.” The report focuses on the conduct of senior aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, including former top adviser Monica Goodling and former chief of staff Kyle Sampson. The officials relied on a White House internet search technique to vet the political views of potential employees. The aides searched for the applicants’ names, along with such key words as “abortion”, “homosexual”, “Florida recount” and “guns.”
