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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. Re:Interesting ... by bmo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "so a secret court takes steps towards transparency."

    No, a secret court has had enough of being called irrelevant. EVERY president since Carter (Carter created it) has actually gone to get warrants from the court and the court has generally granted them. This administration, however, has wilfully ignored them _and_ said out in public that the FISA court system is an obstacle.

    Anyone who has been paying attention to this _knows_ that the FISA judges are pissed off.

    I am not one bit surprised that they sided with the ACLU.

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    BMO

  2. After Bush leaves (ever thought of that?) by Danathar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Being all up in arms about this stuff is fine. But I have SERIOUS concerns that people are SO foamed up at the mouth with Bush that when the next Democrat wins the presidency everybody will be so happy that nobody will pay attention like they are now.

    I predict that with the exception of some high-profile non-productive executive orders the next prez (no matter which party) will keep most the powers that Bush has acquired via executive orders.

    I may sound jaded, but let's not delude ourselves.