The Dark Side Of The Obama White House

Not only was the scale of Hoover's 'private files' different (something in the neighborhood of under 200 folders of documents on, mainly, high-level government officials/politicians), the light shined on government spying by Church committee generated legislation outlawing such government activities and intrusion.

The argument that I've been hearing from neocon and neolib supporters of these kinds of government abuse these past couple of decades ("This is very old news") is weak and idiotic.  Even if it had been true that it was "old news", so what?  How does that diminish the seriousness of it and affront to the Constitution?
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The Dark Side Of The Obama White House

It's stil not admissible,

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Even if that were true (it's not, as evidenced by the government's prosecution of Thomas Drake, J. Kirk Wiebe, William Binney, and others - http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2006-01-29/news/0601290158_1_saic-information-technology-intelligence-experts), it's about fishing expeditions and using the information obtained to harass, bankrupt and pressure anyone who is out of favor with the government (or any agent of the government with an agenda) for any number of reasons having nothing to do with the safety or security of American citizens.
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