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Judge Rules NSA Wiretapping Unconstitutional
strredwolf writes "CNN is reporting that NSA's warrantless wiretapping program has been ruled unconstitutional. This is the ACLU lawsuit on behalf of journalists, scholars, and lawyers. From the article: "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.""
As provided for under Section VI of the Patriot Act, President Bush will now declare U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor an enemy combatant, have her stripped and dog piled in Gitmo.
Land of the free, eh?
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The Free World
Carousel is a lie!
I Soviet America, NSA rules judge!
"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
This is the ACLU lawsuit on behalf of journalists, scholars, and lawyers.
Great! Now they can get their instructions from their masters without worrying about those idiotic anti-terrorest groupies getting in the way.
I for one reject our NSA wire tapping overlords. Halleluiah for "activist" judges! =P
I think he'll be okay. Hunting season is over.
Paul Grosfield - the quicker picker upper.
You:"Hi NSA we are talking about bombs!" (smile)
NSA:"Actually you were dicussing your blog, get a thesaurus."
You:
NSA:"The TP is in the hall closet"
Sound of phone dropping and wet footsteps running away
Slashdot, where armchair scientists get shouted down and armchair theologians get modded up.
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The Department of Energy has urged power consumers to attempt to cut back on their energy usage until new generators can be installed on the Republican Spin machine, which provides nearly as much spin as the Founding Fathers' graves.
"Well, He sounded like a quail..."
"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
A Real Amurican CowboyMan(tm) has no use for reality! When he's speeding at 90 mph at a brick wall, he doesn't admit he's doing the wrong thing and change course. Hell, no - if he does that the terrists has won! A Real Amurican CowboyMan(tm) conjurs up a mental image of what he done saw in a 'Dukes a Hazzard' episode, puts the pedal to the metal and gives a good ole YEEEEEHHHAAAWWW as the General Lee magically takes to the air and flies over the wall.
not realising that politics is not a zero-sum game.
<Joe Blow>What are these 'sums' of which you speak?</Joe Blow>
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... but I will not let my fear of losing karma stifle my right to free expression.
I for one believe this particular program is good, necessary, and in line with the Constitution, so it's not a matter of "security vs. freedom" for me. This ruling is just the start of a legal battle that will likely go to the Supreme Court.
I for one do not want to see the program go. We have foiled terroist attacks and cells within the US for 5 years now. How much is due to things like this NSA program, I don't know.
Dark Reflection
"He'll"? From the article:
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.
When you assume....
In other news, Judge Anna Diggs Taylor (formerly Andrew Diggs Taylor) commented on the media's frequent mischaracterization of him as female, even though he is merely one of several transvestite judges in the state's district court.
And now, Stephen Colbert style, it's true! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Diggs_Taylor
Just kidding.
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-Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
You're absolutely right. Obviously, we should punish Clinton. No need to question the continued use of those powers, or to question their constitutionality, or even, god forbid, try to get them repealed. We just need to punish Clinton.
Once we do that, things will be different. The world will magically become a better place. Warrantless wiretaps would be unecessary because theft, murder, rape, corporate fraud, Al Queda, child molestation, pornography and plagiarism would all vanish. And every child would have a magical pink pony to ride across fields of marshmallows to the Gingerbread schoolhouse that doesn't teach evolution.
I'm not tense. I'm just terribly, terribly, alert.
And that, my fellow slashdotters, is a VERY scary thought. Most US citizens think that football is a game played using your hands.
;p
"Empathise with stupidity, and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot." - Iain M. Banks
Did you know the NSA is currently hiring? If you want an application just call your mother and ask for one.
I find being offended by me offensive.
I'm shocked!