Digby: Fiercely Protecting Our Privacy

I love to bash the Bush hadministration as much as the next person, but all this talk about trashing the Bill of Rights has got to stop. The administration has a stellar record of protecting American's civil liberties, even in the darkest early days, just a couple of months after 9/11. I'm sure you all remember this:

Ashcroft Blocks FBI Access to Gun Records

Critics Call Attorney General's Decision Contradictory in Light of Terror Probe Tactics

By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 7, 2001; Page A26

The FBI will not be permitted to compare the names of suspected terrorists against federal gun purchase records, Attorney General John D. Ashcroft told the Senate on December 6, offering no encouragement to senators willing to guarantee the FBI the authority to do so.