Police State

Boortz finally explains the real reason why Harry Reid abolished the filibuster for judicial nominations. Obama had been trying to pack the D.C. Court of Appeals because:

"At issue is the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, just down the street from its better-known Supreme Court cousin. The court is considered the second-most powerful in the land -- right behind the Supreme Court -- because it has final say on most federal regulations. Since regulations are drafted and issued in D.C., they end up before the court once they're challenged.
“The D.C. circuit is the only thing standing between America and the regulatory behemoth the president is trying to set in motion,” Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director at the Judicial Crisis Network, told FoxNews.com. She pointed to looming rules pertaining to everything from ObamaCare to environmental regulation. If they're challenged years down the road, the president will want his allies on the D.C. bench.
Of the 11 seats on the D.C. Court of Appeals, three are now open. "

That was last August, and it explains why Republicans filibustered those three nominees. But since Reid abolished the filibuster for judges, all three have been confirmed.

FISA judges oppose reform. Of course they do. A privacy advocate is hardly a real reform. It wouldn't change anything but add a greater sense of legitimacy to domestic spying.

Silent Circle and Geeksphone creating privacy phone.

LEAP's encrypted email service is expected to go to open beta in February.

First American victim of police drone sentenced to prison.