Protecting WHAT Americans' Civil Liberties?

The Democrats are holding up the domestic intelligence bill in order to "protect Americans' civil liberties" - and also, no doubt, to provide a lucrative revenue stream for their biggest political contributors, US trial lawyers.

Exactly WHAT Americans are they talking about?

The pending bill would allow the continuation of the government effort to monitor communication of individuals in the USA with foreign connections, usually ones whose communication identities are obtained through information gathered in Afghanistan or Pakistan - both places filled, no doubt, with law abiding, America loving, individuals. To hear the liberals tell it, the government is eager to listen in on your aunt Tilly's innocent conversations with her beloved nieces and nephews. If aunt Tilly's phone number or e-mail address were to be found on a lap top in Afghanistan, then she would be liable to be monitored; the improbability of THAT happening is beyond measure. Not only would her civil rights need protecting, but the whole family would probably need extensive psychological assistance.

The fact is, that the only "Americans" that could be conceivably affected would be Muslim immigrants who have come from their various dirty Muslim countries to burden the US with their presence and who still have contacts with their home countries, the nature of which should worry every one of us, "loyal" Democrats, included.

With all the Democrats' concern about "civil rights", the current hold-up is the Administration's insistence on a measure to give immunity to telephone companies that participated in the warrantless domestic spying program. With the proclivity of our splendid Federal judiciary to break new ground in jurisprudence, denial of this immunity would be a "gimme" for the Democrats' favorite constituents, the trial lawyers - oh and of course for all the Muslims who are affected in even the remotest way by this surveillance regime; all the better to help them establish themselves more firmly in this country. Another convenience store, anyone?

Nothing for aunt Tilly, you can be sure.