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| NSA wiretaps unconstitutional |
 Aug 17 2006, 11:38 AM
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/17/dom...t.ap/index.html
QUOTE DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Thursday 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. The ACLU said the state-secrets argument was irrelevant because the Bush administration already had publicly revealed enough information about the program for Taylor to rule. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Aug 17 2006, 11:46 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
I was just about to post this!
This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Aug 17 2006, 11:46 AM -------------------- |
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Aug 17 2006, 11:57 AM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
haha, oh those hippies.
a woman judge, too. what's next, women voting and driving? |
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Aug 17 2006, 12:04 PM
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QUOTE (lamont's lament @ Aug 17 2006, 11:57 AM) haha, oh those hippies. a woman judge, too. what's next, women voting and driving? yeah fuck those hippies, i want america to watch me masturbate |
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Aug 17 2006, 12:54 PM
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monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
QUOTE (Seussninja @ Aug 17 2006, 01:04 PM) yeah fuck those hippies, i want america to watch me masturbate that's the american dream |
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Aug 17 2006, 11:54 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE (lamont's lament @ Aug 17 2006, 11:57 AM) haha, oh those hippies. a woman judge, too. what's next, women voting and driving? i've been saying it for years. this country started going straight to shit when women started to vote -------------------- |
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