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Domestic Spying Records Ordered Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the let's-get-to-the-bottom-of-this dept.

CokoBWare wrote to mention an eWeek report on the NSA's domestic spying program. A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to release records from the program by March 8th. From the article: "In ordering the Justice Department to expedite the FOIA request processing, Judge Henry Kennedy Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said that the department's opinion that it could determine how much time is needed was 'easily rejected ... Under DOJ's view of the expedited processing provisions of FOIA, the government would have carte blanche to determine the time line for processing expedited requests,'"

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  1. well by revery · · Score: 2, Funny

    Domestic Spying Records Ordered Released

    Domestic spying... ok.

    There was this one time, when I was ten, I was hiding in the hall and I heard my mom and dad talking about my birthday present. That was pretty cool.

    Then there was this time in high school when I hid in the principal closet and hoped to hear something interesting, like him having a secret affair or him reading the final exams out loud for fun or something, but he just made a phone call to his doctor and passed gas a few times.

    Then there was this time I was in a Jefferies tube with Seven of Nine, and we were listening to the Cardassians who had taken over our ship, but I'm pretty sure that was just a dream.

    There was some other stuff, but I don't remember most of it.

  2. Re:Why so much foot-dragging time? by Romancer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then I hope that they use .DOC or .PDF to do the editing. There's lots of fun when you get that stuff removing the blankouts and reversing the edits. :)

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  3. Re:I love this guy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not a chance -- hunters only enjoy targets that are smart enough to try to get out of the way.

  4. Re:about time by kadathseeker · · Score: 2, Funny

    My new hero this judge is. Your old one was Yoda, right?

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  5. Re:Checks and balances by Minwee · · Score: 3, Funny
    He's worse than an "activist", he's a Clinton appointee.

    More than that, there are rumours going around that he might secretly be black.

  6. threat by glsunder · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it doesn't get overturned, Cheney will just threaten to shoot the judge in the face.

  7. Re:I love this guy. by IsThisBl**dyNameUniq · · Score: 2, Funny

    After all you've got a president who thinks he should be your judge.