Posted on 08/17/2006 1:02:27 PM PDT by Peach
Press conference to start shortly; podium is set up waiting for Gonzales.
But the Plaintiffs argued that they had a constitutional right to converse with terrorists (actually they said those considered to be such by the U.S. Gov't) and this 'right of privacy' in connection with having discussions with these terrorists was protected against warrantless wiretaps. The Judge ruled the Plaintiffs had demonstrated tangible harm in having their terrorist contacts become relunctant to engage in telephone conversations due to this program.
I am not kidding.
Some anti-Bush types are suggesting the whole August 10 plot may have been a hoax, such as Craig Murray (former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan) and James K. Galbraith (professor at UT Austin & son of the late John Kenneth Galbraith).
http://www.daahp.wayne.edu/biographiesDisplay.asp?id=64
That's a woman?!
Please, somebody pass the pie.
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She looks like an older sister of one of the American Idol contestants..
btw,, I'm out of pie, how about a barf bag and we cut to the chase. lol
Thanks for posting that info on her baggage.
BTTT
I'm not a lawyer but it seems to me you can keep it in the courts for YEARS... spinning from one layer to the other layer. Keep 'em busy with all that paper.
Her husband was Charles Diggs II who was censured by the Michigan House in 1980 and resigned after being convicted of operating a kickback scheme.
Do you have reason to think Arrowhead1952 intends to harm the US?
US government kept records of addresses of citizenry and opened mail during WWII:
Consequently, [A.S. Hudson -- administrator of the Fort Lincoln Detention Station] sought authorization to bring in a full-time German-speaking intelligence officer to eavesdrop on the detainees and to gather information on the nearby populace.Some of the citizenry, he feared, might assist in escape attempts. Intelligence work, he argued, should also include examination of the detainees' incoming and outgoing mail in order to determine their attitudes.
On the basis of this opinion, Hudson and his staff set up index cards for each detainee, recording on them the names and addresses on all outgoing mail and the writers' names, addresses, and dates of arrival on all incoming mail. This practice would soon become standard procedure at all the INS camps.
A sampling of mail was to be opened and read. In addition, the chief patrol inspector ordered incoming packages inspected for unspecified contraband prior to delivery to the Germans.
Well said. It also gets down to the definition of domestic and international calls. We all know what the definition of an international call is - the term has been defined for years. They are monitoring primarily international calls where one end is in a foreign country. The word domestic is misleading.
From the lefties at Mojowire:
Of course the bloodless ghouls of Freeperville (sorry, I don't have the emotional energy to link there) have completely spun out...
I think they are over their cognitive dissonance and have finally embraced their fascist leanings, openly saying that the Preznit should just ignore the court, under the rubric of "Oh yeah? Well, who's gonna make us stop? You?"
That and of course, that the court is actually in support of terrorism, so anything they say should not count...
http://mojowire.blogspot.com/
"Today a District Court Judge ruled it was unlawful and we disagree with the decision and we've appealed the decision. There's a stay in place so we willl continue to utilize the program!!!"
Thank heavens .
Thank you,Peach, for the reports.
Thanks for the backgrounder!
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This is a most amazing announcement of the plaintiffs' position. Apparently a lot of people in the Michigan area are regularly conversing with possible terrorists in foreign countries. Any American speaking to anyone in Pakistan should not have a presumption of privacy. Period. Full stop. If they have to discuss their plots, they will have to find another way, that can not be traced by an NSA program.
When a Republican does it. Clearly the leftists had no problem with Clinton's Eschelon program which spied on Americans. Without benefit of a warrant.
you mean the etcetra clause, the one that voids parking tickets?
Hugh Hewitt, an attorney, (has taught law, may still, I don't know), is ripping today's ruling. He says it isn't even close. It's a ruling a first year law student would get dinged for.
Ann Beeson, the American Civil Liberties Union's associate legal director and the lead attorney and obviously a hippy.
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