Boiling The Lobster Slowly

From CNET, via Drudge, we find that a:

Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants

A Senate proposal touted as protecting Americans' e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law.

CNET has learned that Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his bill, which now authorizes warrantless access to Americans' e-mail, is scheduled for next week.

Let's erode the Fourth Amendment just a little more. It's only a little bit to keep us all safe (it's not so bad at the airports, now, is it?).

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."   -Benjamin Franklin

Perhaps we should all consider some form of major spam to each other, once a day, every day that decries this should it pass?