Posted on 08/17/2006 7:44:30 PM PDT by nwrep
Do you know who signed the Directive authorizing the NSA to listen to US citizens communicating with foreign agents with the approval of the Attorney General ?
The one himself, Jimmy Carter. It is all part of USSID 18.
USSID 18 Section 5 - Collecting from 20 October 1980
NO! I want them to RULE - and I want the idiots to spend all their money bringing it to the USSC - thereby allowing it to be killed once and for all!!
I believe the USSC will be allowed to know the state secrets behind this program which make it necessary to keep it secret .. and possibly all the other "events" which have been stopped by this program that have not been made public.
The BEST reasons to drag out the controversy are: (1)The programs WILL continue at least until it's resolved (and after a SCOTUS ruling, natch), and (2) More and more of the sleep-walking public will wake up and realize the importance of HAVING REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE TO CONFIRM OR BLOCK THE NOMINATIONS OF JUDGES before the election.
BTW, you can't even WRITE, let alone issue, a warrant to look for patterns in communications, a warrant for the purpose of eventually finding unexpected patterns that might appear out of the blue, like, oh just for a wild guess example, like "liquids" mentioned along with "airplanes."
| "A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." --Thomas Jefferson to John Colvin, 1810 |
The BEST reasons to drag out the controversy are: (1)The programs WILL continue at least until it's resolved (and after a SCOTUS ruling, natch), and (2) More and more of the sleep-walking public will wake up and realize the importance of HAVING REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE TO CONFIRM OR BLOCK THE NOMINATIONS OF JUDGES before the election.
BTW, you can't even WRITE, let alone issue, a warrant to look for patterns in communications, a warrant for the purpose of eventually finding unexpected patterns that might appear out of the blue, like, oh just for a wild guess example, like "liquids" mentioned along with "airplanes."
| "A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." --Thomas Jefferson to John Colvin, 1810 |
Diggs resigned from Congress June 3, 1980, after earlier conviction for mail fraud and salary kickback.
You have a word on this?
This decision will be dead on appeal, though I expect the ACLU will take the case to the Supreme Court. And, in order to leave no questions open in any jurisdictions, I expect the SC will voluntarily take the case, and affirm the Appeals Court decision which threw out the trial court decision.
Congressman Billybob
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Please see my most recent statement on running for Congress, here.
She is a left-winged nut afterall.
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