Retroactive immunity for the telecoms, and the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence are empowered “to authorize warrantless surveillance of foreign parties whose communications pass through U.S. switches, even when they are communicating with Americans.” Is anybody surprised? No? Right.

The American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007 is intended to restore the Constitution’s checks and balances and protections against government abuses as envisioned by the Founding Fathers.