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To: garbanzo

I am so tired of hearing this word "oversight". courts have become the final arbiters in this system - they make law, one day you wake up and your right to protect your property from seizure for private purposes is gone because 5 judges on the SCOTUS say it is. any decisions made by men are arbitrary, and the federal courts have become highly politicized.

you want the FISA court to be the ultimate decision maker on what foreign intercepts can be done? are they accountable to anyone if they deny a warrant on a person who turns out to be a dirty bomber? I find it amazing that alot of people here want to give the ultimate power to the branch of government that is the most arbitrary, and the most unaccountable to the people.


504 posted on 12/28/2005 7:59:21 PM PST by oceanview
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To: oceanview
"I am so tired of hearing this word "oversight". courts have become the final arbiters in this system"

Are you being sarcastic? That is what they do as laid out by the Constitution. It has always been that way.

"you want the FISA court to be the ultimate decision maker on what foreign intercepts can be done?"

You do not need a warrant for purely foreign intercepts, only those that involve U.S. Persons.
510 posted on 12/28/2005 8:10:19 PM PST by ndt
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