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In Pledging to Work to Remove Retroactive Immunity for FISA Violations, What Kind of Action Is Obama Contemplating?

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What better way for Obama to make clear that he will do what he said to protect the rights & liberties of all Americans,& to keep government officials & those who assist them fully accountable,than by making clear that those who violate the criminal laws that protect Americans' freedoms will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.What better time than this issue, as well,to learn if Barack Obama is a standup leader or...

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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)

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