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Wiretapping Program Ruled Legal
BuhDuh writes "The New York Times is carrying a story concerning that well known bastion of legal authority, the 'Foreign Intelligence Surveillance' court, which has ruled that the National Security Agency's warrantless eavesdropping program was perfectly legal. It says, 'A federal intelligence court, in a rare public opinion, is expected to issue a major ruling validating the power of the president and Congress to wiretap international phone calls and intercept e-mail messages without a court order, even when Americans' private communications may be involved, according to a person with knowledge of the opinion.'"
It's not like they don't have what's best for you in mind.
"Thanks for all the money you paid to us. We've used it to buy off ISO among other things" -Microsoft
Every last one of these sons of bitches should be in jail.
What, without a speedy trial by a jury of their peers? Isn't that unconstitutional?
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
In other news, the Fox Court has ruled that hen-house raids by foxes are legal. Shocking.
ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI
What the holy hell are you tin-foiling about?
The early presidents all found spying ok, all engaged in it, and all inspected foreign mail during war. Ok, so does that make it OK? *slap*
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Intercepted transmission:
Ehab, my good friend (Allah be praised). This may be the last time we are able to communicate freely. Our "Friends" at the New York Times have been disrupting the efforts of that dog Bush to use wiretapping against us in planning our next "event".
It was good of them to let us know that we were being monitored, but the best part is how they managed to ruin his reputation in his own country. They managed to get many of these unbelievers believing that he was doing more damage to their "constitutional rights" than we planned to do to their unworthy lives.
The NYT have now announced that they were wrong, and that the bashing of the president will cease. I am sure it is a coincidence that this comes days before the end of his presidency, but it is good indeed that his reputation will never be allowed to recover.
Allah Akbar!