Comments on: ACLU Files Suit Against Warrantless Wiretapping

By: California Conservative » NSA Wirertapping

California Conservative » NSA Wirertapping — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 21:13:44 +0000

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By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:25:31 +0000

Carlos:

http://www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/stats/fisa_stats.html

Even if you just count from 2001-2004, the court has approved 5640 requests, and denied 4. So it’s 99.93% to be more precise.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:37:11 +0000

This is the second time I’ve read that “99.9%” of the time from Scott. I’d question it in relation to the Bush admin since 9/11. Seems to me to get that figure one would have to go back and start counting from the beginning.

This is about Bush and how FISA screws around with him.

If a cop on the beat gets credible information, it only makes sense to see it through. NSA got credible info, but now the libs/Dems/moonbats want to hamstring even that. And from the frequent “surprises” in the NYT, the fewer people who know how the admin is getting that info the better because it seems even judges can’t keep their yaps shut anymore. Go figure.

Just as long as he keeps key congresspeople informed. (That doesn’t include Schumer or Pelosi or Boxer or Tubby - they wouldn’t know how to keep their mouths shut if their lives depended on it, unless of course it involved protecting a Demo prez.)

By: protein wisdom

protein wisdom — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:53:21 +0000

"ACLU Sues to Stop Illegal Spying on Americans, Saying President is Not Above the Law" (with helpful protein wisdom gloss)

From the ACLU Press release:Saying that the Bush administration's illegal spying on Americans must end, the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the National Security Agency seeking to stop a s…

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:05:04 +0000

The ACLU protects the rights of AMERICANS — the right to privacy from warrantless government spying. If Bush thinks “somebody’s talking to Al Qaeda,” he only needs to get a FISA warrant (which is issued 99.9% of the time it’s requested) to eavesdrop. He thinks he’s above the law. He’s not.

You’re right that civil liberties have been curtailed many times throughout our history during times of war, but that doesn’t mean that it was either the right thing to do or even beneficial to national security. The Sedition Act of 1798 was the first example of this, and President Jefferson eventually pardoned everyone convicted under it and Congress repaid the fines. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the civil war, but the Supreme Court ruled in 1866 that that was unconstitutional, even during wartime. 100,000 people of Japanses ancestry were interned during the 40s to “protect national security.” It wasn’t until the 80s that Reagan issued a formal apology.

I’m afraid this latest Bush-NSA spying program is just the latest in a long history of ridiculous breaches of Constitutional rights in a flawed attempt to “protect” us. It should be stopped immediately.

By: brenda banks

brenda banks — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:49:46 +0000

how many people died from misdiagnoses last year?
how many died from car wrecks?
just how many died from terrorists attacks last year in the USA?
get some perspective and a little back bone please?
br3n