Posted on 08/17/2006 9:49:00 AM PDT by neverdem
Associated Press
Government's warrantless spying found to violate free speech, privacy rights
DETROIT -- A federal judge ruled today that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of journalists, scholars and lawyers who say the program has made it difficult for them to do their jobs. They believe many of their overseas contacts are likely targets of the program, which involves secretly taping conversations between people in the U.S. and people in other countries.
The government argued that the program is well within the president's authority, but said proving that would require revealing state secrets.
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It is hard for software to do it 1000 per second.
Chicken and Egg - it is the monitoring that "triggers" the cause.
This woman is your basic liberal traitor. I am well past debate with these types. They deserve whatever negative things come their way. I bet the Jihadi's in Detroit are happy today.
You're right. I don't agree with the ruling.
For one thing, getting a warrant would mean revealing too much information to Carter appointees like this one. Those who are making phone calls to jihadis and suspected jihadis world-wide (you know, the people who want to destroy our nation and its freedoms?), should be subjected to having their phone calls to the enemy monitored.
They are not entitled to the protections of the 4th Amendment, assuming it even applies to overseas phone calls. As a Supreme Court Justice once noted, "the Constitution is not a suicide pact" (Jimmy Carter, the ACLU, and CAIR notwithstanding).
"...abdullah - the codeword is GO NOW! DO NOT WAIT THREE DAYS BY GOD!..."
McKinney in a black robe?
Why don't you go over to DU if you feel uncomfortable here. We wouldn't wanna hurt its wittle feelings.
How do you get a warrant for a disposable cell phone?
Well let me wipe the egg from my face! :-) Sorry!
LLS
I would hope SCOTUS overturns her and then I would hope the good citizens in Mich. would ask for an impeachment of this lefty Carter appointment.
Because they're all dealing with suspected terrorists?
We spied on Briton's calls and vice-versa ,then exchanged info.
I don't think she was appointed to the Circuit. It says she was the first Chief Judge in her Circuit. But she's only a district judge. The Chief Judge is just the number one district judge in the district. It only says that she was the first black woman in her Circuit to be appointed Chief Judge.
I'm not sure if Clinton's approval was necessary to make her a Chief Judge. It may be that the Circuit Judges make that decision. I don't think the district judges play any role in the appointment, but I'm not positive.
You missed the link I was associating with the quote I pulled from the article.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1685330/posts?page=29#29
I was hoping folks would understand the sarcasm in my post. Perhaps you did, but rest assured it was saracasm if you didn't.
No problem at all.
Andrew Jackson said that about Chief Justice John Marshall.
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