Friday, May 30, 2008

Hypocrite GOP House Leader Boehner wants wiretapping protection -- but only for himself

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Tim Jones sez, "If you've been following the fight to hold phone companies accountable for illegal wiretapping, you probably thought the level of hypocrisy on display in the Republican leadership couldn't get any more blatant. Well, you thought wrong. Politico reports today that Republican Leader John Boehner has been fighting hard for his own right to protection from illegal wiretapping, even though he's simultaneously trying to to deny ordinary Americans th