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Mixed News on Wiretapping from 9th Circuit US Court

Posted by Zonk on from the little-from-column-a-little-from-column-b dept.

abb3w writes "The bad news: the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled (pdf) that the Al-Haramain lawyers may not submit into evidence their recollections of the top secret document handed to them detailing the warrantless electronic scrutiny they received. 'Once properly invoked and judicially blessed, the state secrets privilege is not a half-way proposition.' The good news: they have declined to answer and directed the lower court to consider whether 'FISA preempts the common law state secrets privilege' with respect to the underlying nature of the program itself ... which also keeps alive hopes for the EFF and ACLU to make those responsible answer for their actions."

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  1. Re:Big Brother is my friend. by Lordplatypus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Well me personally I was in high school. Yeah, not much of an excuse, but still that is what I have. I am sorry, but pointing out that Democrats can be just as morally flawed as Republicans is not news. News would be that the American people started voting for people based off their integrity and intelligence. Hey, look. A soapbox.

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    Diplomacy is the art of saying, 'Nice doggie!' till you can find a rock.-- Wynn Catlin
  2. Re:Big Brother is my friend. by CRCulver · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You would rather live a coward than die a free man, then?

    You aren't free if you are dead. Your patriot rhetoric is vacuous.