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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.""
you fox-news-watching right wing weenies.
There's a mistake there. It should say the lawsuit was filed by the ACLU on behalf of Islamofacists.
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This should be enough to impeach Bush, even if he halts the wiretapping now. He swore to uphold the Constitution when he entered office. Ignorance -- even acting on the advice of paid attorneys -- is no excuse under the law.
This ruling by this so called justice makes me sick! We live in a socialist society we the people are to be told what to do at all times. Hopefully this idiot who handed down this subversive ruling will be dealt with by the authories. Folks, rights are for the government, not the people. It's very clear in the constitution (which doesn't matter anyway). In fact the second amendment states that only the government is to have arms and that the people shouldn't in order to keep socialism progressing.
The only thing good about this whole deal is that at least this judge is an African-American which is good for the forces of socialism, multiculturalism, and diversity.
This is a serious blow on the war on terrorism. And yes, the war is still going on. Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon/Hellabozah are battles on the way on Terrorism. If the CIA, FBI, and NSA can't do it's job with preventing terrorism in America, then we have a serious problem. My personal security comes before privacy.
And only those who scream "violation of privacy" are the ones NSA should investigate.
I am a Patroitic American and Zionist.
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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How many Americans have to die before slashdot stops rooting for the terrorists?
unreal... the leftists want us to get hit again. don't want your phone tapped? don't call al qaeda. pretty simple.
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
Taylor is a liberal with Democratic roots and defended civil-rights workers in the South in the 1960s
Just another typicaly ruling from a liberal judge. They make their own laws on the fly. I hope Al Qaeda blows up the building she's in. Oh wait, she's probably on their good side now after this ruling. How are we going to prevent terrorist attacks if our own government says we can't listen in on their conversations? Liberals are too concerned about big brother to realized that there terrorists out there laughing it up as they get ready to explode at a town near you. If we sit back and do nothing, we're screwed.
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.
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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