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Judge Orders White House To Produce Wiretap Memos

Posted by Soulskill on from the show-and-tell dept.

sv_libertarian sends this excerpt from the Associated Press: "A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 warrantless wiretapping program. US District Judge Henry Kennedy Jr. signed an order (PDF) Friday requiring the department to produce the memos by the White House legal counsel's office by Nov. 17. He said he will review the memos in private to determine if any information can be released publicly without violating attorney-client privilege or jeopardizing national security. Kennedy issued his order in response to lawsuits by civil liberties groups in 2005 after news reports disclosed the wiretapping."

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  1. I believe in Democracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But Democracy has to be defended. When Italians do not respect democracy, and only cynically use the cover of our democratic rights to produce their nefarious ices and spirit them into our bedrooms and base-ball parks, then I say, we are at war. And whoever is not on my side is on the side of the Italians. So all you naysayers and humbuggers can just go and live in Italy, and see if the Italians let you have any "free democracy" that you are always bitching about here.

  2. If they don't, it'll go to the Attorney General!! by smchris · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, right. Never mind.

  3. Re:Treason? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We Republicans will be happy to answer your trumped up charges with IEDs.

    Awesome, I can't wait for far-right Republicans to become domestic terrorists, get rounded up and shipped to Gitmo. It just seems appropriate somehow.

  4. Re:Treason? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I speak for all ACs when I say, "Sir, you are retarded."

  5. Re:I still don't get why this is neccessary by moortak · · Score: 2, Funny

    I fully support Bush living in a cave in Pakistan.

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    Xavier Rabourdin for president 2012
  6. Re:Accountability ? by metlin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course, but if you had a libertarian executive, we could all just move into wood shacks with our guns and forget this whole economy and globalization thing.

  7. Re:Treason? by Falconhell · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your irrational fear is palpable in your post, it would be amusing if it wasnt sad. Now switch off your computer and go back to watching FOX news, and let the adults talk in peace.