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FISA Court Sides With ACLU Against Administration

Posted by kdawson on from the more-light dept.

jamie caught a breaking news story this evening: the secret FISA Court has ordered the Bush administration to respond by August 31 to an ACLU request for orders and legal papers discussing the scope of the government's authority to engage in the secret wiretapping of Americans. The ACLU's press release calls it an "unprecedented order."

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  1. Losers! by einhverfr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Freakin commies in bed with the terrorists. What do they think this country is? A Republic governed by a Constitution? If they want the rule of law they can all go to Canada.

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  2. Re:FWIW by fyngyrz · · Score: 4, Funny

    No... but somewhere, a computer just set the flag for "irrational behavior" in your file to True. So if they need to come to get you for any reason, they'll probably come with guns drawn. Good job. You really showed them something, didn't you?

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  3. Re:More tan that. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, they're almost there. Next week they're going to hold a non-binding vote on whether or not a spine is a good thing.