Administration Claimed Immunity To 4th Amendment

mrogers writes "The EFF has uncovered a troubling footnote in a newly declassified Bush Administration memo, which asserts that 'our Office recently [in 2001] concluded that the Fourth Amendment had no application to domestic military operations.' This could mean that the Administration believes the NSA's warrantless wiretapping and data mining programs are not governed by the Constitution, which would cast Administration claims that the programs did not violate the Fourth Amendment in a whole new light — after all, you can't violate a law that doesn't apply. The claimed immunity would also cover other DoD agencies, such as CIFA, which carry out offline surveillance of political groups within the United States."

Comments

Re:More specifically....

[JJNess]

Doesn't moderation mean more than silly numbers? Someone should delete this thread... Wow even Fark is better than this.

Re:Real Texans keep their word.

[JrOldPhart]

Probably in his tenth year in office.

I expect term limits to be the next into the void. Perhaps he will call himself King George.

Re:Only the 4th ammendment?

[s4ck]

the whole thing about the right to bear arms for revolt purposes is plain old stupid. i can't believe anybody truly think that having a gun in there house is actually a protection against government abuse in 2008. this isn't the 19th century! Firearms ain't gonna do no good against cruise missiles and an army with a trillion dollar budget.

the right to bear arms is only there to satisfy american's with big phallic obsession... or irony of irony "protect" themselves against the other neighbor bearing arms.

this right to bear arm is almost as anachronistic as the "in God we Trust" on the dollar bill. time to move on...