David Sirota's online magazine of news & commentary
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President Bush today cited the need to move quickly as the reason he ordered domestic surveillance without obtaining search warrants. Sounds like a good rationale - until you realize that under current law, warrants can be issued retroactively, meaning the warrant process does not impede the need for speed. Here are the details.
To find out more about me, download my official biography. A shorter version is this: I am the co-chairperson of the Progressive Legislative Action Network (PLAN) - a position I took after finishing a stint as a fellow at the Center for American Progress. I am also a Senior Editor at the In These Times magazine, and a writer for Working Assets, and a twice-a-week guest on the Al Franken Show. I have just completed a book for Random House's Crown Publishers entitled "Hostile Takeover" - it will be released Spring 2006. I also write a bi-weekly section for the Nation Magazine called Permanent Minority vs. Towards the Majority. For more on what I do, see this Newsweek profile about me, or scroll down towards the bottom of this page for a full list of my published work. Feel free to email me at david@davidsirota.com
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