It’s a remarkable thing that the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee is writing an explanation of the RESTORE Act at the Huffington Post. What’s also remarkable, but not surprising considering the Republican influence in the media, is that he’s blogging because neither he nor any other senior Democrats could get Time Magazine to print a response to a factually incorrect article by Joe Klein that distorted the provisions of this important legislation.

Go read it, as it explains the safeguards and balancing that the RESTORE Act does in order to keep the government from spying on private citizens, political opponents, or businesses and allows our agencies to spy on terrorists and other foreign nationals.