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I think this is just the first of many more challenges to come.

[threeleftsmakearight]

The actions of the Dems and their acolytes in the media are going to cause many of these situations, leading to terrorists being set free...but don't you dare question their patriotism!

[commish]

OH please..let this challenge go to the SCOTUS!!! And let ALITO write the majority decision upholding the constitutionality of the NSA program.

The get some popcorn and watch the Lefts heads explode.

[Onelifetogive]

A lawyer for an Ohio trucker convicted of plotting to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge has prepared a motion asking a federal judge to throw out the case on the grounds that the government illegally spied on him.

He should be given two options: 1) Be tried using this evidence against him and ignoring the legality of the wiretapping, or 2) Be shot immediately as an enemy saboteur!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The motion on behalf of Iyman Faris, 36, is among the first challenges to seek evidence of electronic eavesdropping by the National Security Agency

The defendant can call Schumer, Biden, Kerry, Kennedy, or any of the other left-wingers as witnesses. Any of them would be happy to sing his own version of "I Love Faris."

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Whine, the Government found out I was going to blow up a bridge and arrested me, so I will sue them for stopping me.

How dare the Government stop me from doing what I wanted to do.

[finallyatexan]

He looks just like Freddie Fender - always wondered what happened to him !!!!!

[BerniesFriend]

I have great sympathy for these terrorists..I mean..spying on possible terrorists..is this the country they have come to terrorize??

[RegulatorCountry]

The burden of proof lies with the plaintiff ... so, HE needs to prove it. And that's not very likely.

[The KG9 Kid]

Mr. Faris, Freddy Fender called. He wants his look back.

[don'tbedenied]

This is great. Terrorist stopped by NSA wiretaps, appeals to courts, D's put between rock and hard place, W gets to stick it in their face. Only concern is 6 Circuit could be goofy, SCOTUS likely to side with government making D's look like A-holes again.

[siunevada]

At his sentencing hearing, prosecutors acknowledged that federal agents were led to Faris by a telephone call intercepted in another investigation.

It will be a big letdown if that intercept wasn't part of an "unconstitutional" NSA program but was actually authorized by a court order. All he'll have left is the ever-reliable "my first lawyer was an idiot" argument.

[popdonnelly]

I'm so glad we treat terrorism as a police matter for the courts. Now we get to spend tons of money keeping these people locked up.

[jocon307]

The feds better mover RIGHT NOW and start arresting, charging, trying and convicting people for TREASON. I suggest they start by raiding the NY Times and Wash Post newsrooms.

[GovernmentShrinker]

This is exactly why we need domestic surveillance.

[barj]

Boy, am I going to draw fire for this:

Illegally gotten evidence (if that is what it is, and the court will decide based on the evidence and the letter of the constitution), is inadmissable.

The argument that if you are doing nothing wrong, you have no fear of surveilliance is not the point. If this is so, why object to gun registration? Firearm finger printing? IDing and registering everything? National ID cards? To search, in any method, they need a warrant. If they violated this BASIC principal, that evidence cannot be used. That does not necessarily mean this guy walks, but if it came down to this guy walking or me/us living under the chains of constant surveilliance, this guy should walk.

[Just mythoughts]

"Faris pleaded guilty in 2003 to conspiracy and aiding and abetting terrorism, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors cited incriminating statements he made under questioning by federal agents. "


Not as though there is any question about guilt or innocence. These liberals are pushing this protection of national security out of the bounds of mental wellness.

[brothers4thID]

The article says the government used evidence from another call to start its investigation of him. No where does the article- and one hopes the article accurately reflects the suit- allege that the convicted man was tried and found guilty on the basis of the phone calls. Unless a warantless call was used to find him guilty I don't see how he has legal standing.

[Alberta's Child]

Faris pleaded guilty in 2003 to conspiracy and aiding and abetting terrorism, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Think about the idiocy of this appeal. He already pleaded guilty to the crime while knowing exactly how the evidence against him had been obtained, and now he wants to have his "conviction" (i.e., guilty plea) thrown out.

This is probably why the appeal includes an "incompetent counsel" element as well -- because on its face the appeal is ludicrous.