Posted on 01/20/2006 7:36:18 PM PST by groanup
Alpharetta lawyer sues Bush over wiretaps
By CARLOS CAMPOS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 01/21/06
An Alpharetta man filed a federal lawsuit on Friday against President Bush, claiming the administration's secret wiretapping program aimed at nabbing terrorists is unconstitutional.
Mark Guzzi, 40, claims that the government's surveillance of telephone and Internet communications violates his First Amendment protection of free speech and the Fourth Amendment's right to privacy. Guzzi is a lawyer for the state Department of Corrections, but he said he filed the lawsuit as a private citizen.
The lawsuit names President Bush, the National Security Agency and the NSA's director as defendants.
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Guzzi said Friday he has developed friendships overseas, before the 2001 terrorist attacks, and worries that communications with those friends are being monitored.
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It was not unusual for him to discuss topics such as the mindset of terrorists, suicide bombings, the United States' approach to the war on terror, the war in Iraq and other related subjects in the course of a typical conversation — particularly since his friends are both of Middle Eastern descent, he said.
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Guzzi said he has no way of knowing whether he was actually monitored, since the program is secret.
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Guzzi emphasized that his lawsuit has nothing to do with his position as assistant general counsel — the No. 2 lawyer — for the Georgia Department of Corrections. Guzzi also said the lawsuit is not politically motivated and that he supports the war on terror and the goal of apprehending terrorists. He simply objects to the wiretapping, claiming that the administration is pursuing terrorists at the expense of his civil liberties and the American form of government.
Staff writer Bill Rankin contributed to this article.
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I'll bet if we dug around in your background we might find a Ku Kluxer or two.
Just exactly which Americans of what nationality are acceptable to you?
Tar and feathers come to mind.
If he wasn't being wiretapped before the lawsuit, he now will be.
"I guess I am being stupid, that is why I am asking which parts."
You guess? I don't have to. You are as dumb as an ox. But I'll play your retarded game since for the moment I am bored. Tell you what, I'll tell you which parts are unconstitutional if you tell me who wrote the "patriot" act. Hint, I am looking for their names. One's intials are MC and the other's VD.
natural born american with a history of loyalty
Loyalty to what? The ideals of the Confederacy?
He has no grounds. If he is confessing that he believes his communications are being monitored then that implies he has had conversations with terrorists. If so, his conversations should all be monitored.
I'll admit being a dumb ox, but you still have not answered my question, oh mighty fountain of knowledge... name a provision of the Patriot Act that is unconstitutional.
You know this guy? I have never heard of him. Obviously the AJC is going to headline him because he's suing the Buuuuuussshhhies.
Maybe AAM knows this guy.
Did I mention your a jackass of the highest caliber? But thats just the idiot in me speaking.
Loose lips sink ships. Yeah, I think NSA would be justified in listening in to this fool's international phone calls to his "friends" in the mideast.
Sorry, your link locked my computer.
Your post is idiotic. I guess I have to accept the good with the bad when I start a thread.
"Loyalty to what? The ideals of the Confederacy?"
Swearing an oath to defend the Constitution of these United States and then serving with honor in the armed forces will suffice..
Btw, what branch of the armed forces of the US did VD serve? And in what branch did MC put his life on the line for our nation?
That's the loyalty I am looking for. Did you have that kind of loyalty?
It's just an email link.
Well then I have an in-house problem. Sorry.
you'll get your answer when you can tell me who wrote the unpatriot act.
And now I want to take this opportunity to thank JimRob and his brother John Rob for providing myself and the rest here the opportunity to express our views on this internet forum.
I have no answer to your question (being a complete idiot), but you claim to have an answer to mine.....
I served in the USAF from 1990-97... who is VD and MC? What is the big secret?
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