Two Groups File Domestic Spying Lawsuits

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @12:29AM from the at-least-we-still-have-private-thoughts dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Center for Constitutional Rights and the ACLU both recently filed lawsuits, in New York and Detroit respectively, claiming that President Bush's electronic eavsdropping program is illegal and exceeds his constitutional powers. From the article: 'The Detroit [ACLU] lawsuit, which names the National Security Agency and its director, said the program has impaired plaintiffs' ability to gather information from sources abroad as they try to locate witnesses, represent clients, do research or engage in advocacy.'

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Re:Why I Love the ACLU by Threni · 2006-01-18 02:12 · Score: 3, Funny

> all private citizens who comply with the requirements of the law should be able to own machine
> guns, no matter if their name is Steve, Abdul, or Granny Smith.

You're suggesting apples should be allowed to just wander around toting machine guns?