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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.""
Why does Judge Anna Diggs Taylor hate America so?
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
Why do these activist judges hate America?
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Whatever happened to good old fashioned meetings in a dark parking garage late at night? I watched All the President's Men on TV last night, and those informants sure knew how to inform. If some reporter is too lazy to get away from their desk and do a bit of legwork for an important story, that's their own fault.
But look. As far as I can tell, nobody did anything illegal and nobody went to jail. This is just paranoia for paranoia's sake. That's the job of the ACLU, to keep government bogged down in lawsuits every so often so they're not causing any real trouble. Same thing with the press, they jump on every little meaningless "scandal" so that nobody takes anything any further than that. I can respect them even when they're wrong.
And the more I think about it, the more I think the ACLU is simply wrong. It's not a violation of free speech because no speech is being suppressed. Sure, there's the intimidation factor that may lead to self-censorship, but that's only if you're doing something you shouldn't be doing. And it's not like the government is sneaking into everyone's home to stick microphones under your tables to prevent you from talking about last night's baseball game. All they're doing in this case is monitoring phone calls made on public lines between foreign countries and the US. So long as you're not breaking any laws, what's the big deal?
You have a lot more to fear from the government passing more laws than the government's efforts to enforce existing ones.
-mrxak
Onions Will Kill You
Yes, that is precisely whey we are in trouble today, we had a President that was more worried about getting blown than the country getting blown away.
Please tell me you aren't Christian.
Maybe some sort of distorted one, yes.
Please tell me you aren't an Athiest.
It doesn't mean they won't keep doing it anyway.
I hope not. How else are we going to catch terrorists inside our borders? Oh wait, I know, we need to allow them to voluntarily have their phones tapped.
And from the quote you listed, it seems like the ACLU is purely speculating about what has or has not happened, and sued based on a guess. I don't see how a judge can rule on what the NSA does overseas anyway.
-mrxak
Onions Will Kill You
maybe the police should learn to do their job, instead of breaking the law and violating my RIGHTS. incompetent twits.
Got a small problem with authority there?
welcome to Stalin and Hitler's woodie inducing Utopia. Bushie is accomplishing what they never could.
Both Hitler and Stalin killed hundreds of millions. To you, this is as bad or worse as maybe listening in on your conversation? Wow! I hope I don't sit in the next booth the next time you are in McDonalds. I'd hate for you to think that I might be listening in on your conversation.
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