Democracy Dies Behind Closed Doors...

...and the Republicans sure as hell want to close this one.

The Government today asked a Federal judge to dismiss the suit against AT&T for violating our rights by, at Government request, data mining all phone calls over their network. The Government's reason: It could reveal State secrets. It's the first civilian action against the Bush warrantless domestic espionage program and of course, the Government doesn't want it to go public.

Democracy dies behind closed doors. The Government wants badly to close this one, particularly since it will expose the lie that the domestic espionage program was limited. It appears the only limits were the number of calls passing through AT&T's network. I hail the lawsuit: Congress refused to investigate it's buddy and nominal party leader, George W. Bush, otherwise known as the Shrub, the Prevaricator in Chief, the Obfuscator, King George the Moronic and Crawford's absentee idiot. Republican ethics in action.