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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. Born Again = Post Facto by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's safe to release all of the domestic spying records, now that Bush got his literal "get out of jail free" deal from his Republican Congress.

    After terrorists attack our ports through infiltrating the royal United Arab Emirates corporation that just got handed the ports management contracts, I expect Congress will pass a law that says that "no one could have anticipated that the ports would be infiltrated through their foreign managers".

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  2. Re:Blah. Wait for the appeal(s)... by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also, the article summary is wrong in one little detail. The actual article continues the sentence with "or else explain the legal basis under which the records cannot be released."

    So basically, the judge set a deadline by with the government must respond to the FOIA request (which could just be a denial saying you can't have the records cause it's classified, likely in this case), he didn't order them to actually release the records.

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  3. Re:Something to remember by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 4, Informative

    James Woolsey may have been appointed by Clinton, but he also was a member of The Project for a New American Century. Mr. Woolsey's buddies in that organization included Bill Kristol, the Scaife Family, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz. That is not exactly a list of names you would find listed in the Democratic National Committee fundraising book.

    I'm not saying that Mr. Woolsey's arguments are invalid. I am saying that you shouldn't (intentionally or unintentionally) insinuate Mr. Woolsey is a liberal Clintonite....