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."

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Want to improve all the issues pointed out in the article, stop having a two party system.

Yes, I'd like that, too. But I'd also like everyone to have a nice puppy and a (OMG!!!1!!) pony. Since neither of these things are realistically going to happen in the next few years, do you have any suggestions? I do. It's called keep voting, vote for the best person in the primary, and then vote for the best person that can possibly win in the election. Because, until your ideal world comes about (Oh yeah, and can we have a visit from Harry Potter, too?), we all have to live under whoever actually does get elected.

I find all of this complaining by the (small-L)ibertarians quite amusing anyhow, as the ones who didn't go over the edge and vote (big-L)ibertarian usually support "the party of small government" (actually, "the party of cheap labor", but that's another rant), who have been the driving force behind this loss of freedom over the past seven years (Not to absolve the other party who has participated by their acquiescence - but acquiescence is a hell of a lot better than instigation in this case).

You really want to help? Convince your (small-l)ibertarian friends to hold their noses, vote D, and convince the R's (and, at the same time, the D's) that this level of corruption of our Constitution will not be tolerated. Repeat. Contrary to /. belief, these folks are not (necessarily) stupid and, eventually, they will get a clue.