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Court Orders Dismissal of US Wiretapping Lawsuit
jcatcw writes with a link to a ComputerWorld article about the dismissal of a case against the NSA over the wiretapping program revealed last year. The case was brought by the ACLU. A three-judge panel in the Sixth Circuit has sent the case back down to District court for ultimate dismissal. "The appeals court decision leaves opponents of the NSA program in a difficult position, said Jim Dempsey, policy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a civil liberties group that has opposed the program. The appeals court ruled that the plaintiffs could not sue because they can't prove they were affected by the program, and at the same time, ruled that details about the program, including who was targeted, are state secrets."
Au contraire,
Bush has everything to do with appointing Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court. This decision would mean nothing if it weren't that the Highest Court is composed of Bush-appointed sycophants and enemies of democracy (yeah stopping a vote count in progress has consequences). Clearly the ACLU will appeal, and the Court will go on record opposing the rights of the people to the protections of their Constitution.
AIK