Two years ago, John McCain said that he didn't think the president had legal authority to engage in warrantless wiretaps. Now that he's the presumptive Republican nominee, he has apparently changed his mind.

The old McCain
The new McCain

Late Friday night, the Senate passed S.1927, giving Bush, et. al. the power to intercept communications with someone "reasonably believed" to be outside the U.S. 16 Democrats joined Joe Lieberman and 43 Republicans in giving away our freedom. Russ Feingold was quoted in the NY Times as saying that it "goes far, far beyond" the NSA spying program.

Last night, again in the middle of the night, over 40 House Democrats also showed themselves to be supporters of tyranny by voting to pass this bill.

Even in the debate it was obvious that those who support this bill are un-American liars. Heather Wilson (R-NM), for example, claimed that the bill would sunset after six months, when it clearly states: "Notwithstanding any other law, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, may for periods of up to one year authorize the acquisition of foreign intelligence information concerning persons reasonably believed to be outside the United States..." (emphasis mine).