Kill Bill

dr. elsewhere here

In my most recent post on the convergence of the NSA scandal and the internet takeover threat (scroll down), I reference the fact that online companies have been selling cell phone logs. John Avarosis exposed the scam by buying Wes Clarke's December 05 list, and there have since been several bills presented in Congress, all of them doing quite well. One of them passed both house committees and was slated to go to a floor vote very soon.

Also recall that I pointed out the similarity between what these online slugs were doing - sellling lists of anyone's cell phone activities - and what the NSA was disclosed yesterday to be doing - listing everyone's phone activities.

Well, quick like a bunny, before anyone could make the very public point of just how seriously we should be taking this problem by actually making laws prohibiting it, somebody killed the bill.

Yup. Just like that. Sheer coincidence, of course.

These people are not only petrified of getting caught, they know damn good and well they're breaking the law.

It will be most interesting to see the poll numbers after this latest insanity; that 29% was polled BEFORE this NSA bomb.