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Obama Administration Defends Warrantless Wiretapping
a whoabot writes "The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Obama administration has stepped in to defend AT&T in the case over their participation in the warrantless wiretapping program started by Bush. The Obama administration argues that that continuation of the case will lead to the disclosure of important 'state secrets.' The Electronic Frontier Foundation has described the action as an 'embrace' of the Bush policy." Update: 04/07 15:18 GMT by T : Glenn Greenwald of Salon has up an analysis of this move, including excerpts from the actual brief filed. Excerpt: "This brief and this case are exclusively the Obama DOJ's, and the ample time that elapsed — almost three full months — makes clear that it was fully considered by Obama officials."
he voted in support of telco immunity before being president. I don't like it, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt insofar as this is a mess that the bush administration created, which would cause an even bigger mess in trying to forcibly reverse it without regard to consequence.
I'm not disappointed in having voted (and swaying votes, and registering voters) for him. Seriously, anyone here complaining things would be better living in the nation of Mccainistan (capitol city, Palingrad)?
So you're saying you have affordable but low quality health care? Hmm..
Let's just think about it for a second.... Bush put a program in place to illegally monitor US citizens.
How can Obama support the lawsuits without disclosing how it was all done, and who did it? I am sure there are state secrets involved. Hey, I don't like the wiretapping thing any more than anybody else. But let's look at it realistically - Obama has to clean up the mess Bush made. I don't really see a clean way to do this. It exists for the economy (which Bush IGNORED), Iraq, wiretapping, and countless other things.
I voted for Obama, and his presidency has been somewhat disappointing thus far. But people comparing him to Bush? Let's get a grip folks, and remember that he inherited all of this crap that was created by the previous guy.
Bad analogy time - what if the country used Windows ME, and someone dumped it in your lap and said "here - you own it now - good luck". Could you fix it and satisfy all your customers in 3 months?
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
A vote for Barr (same for Ron Paul) was an automatic vote against McCain. Considering the Obamanation only won the popular vote by 4% (52-48), you evil third party fuckers are just as much to blame for the current abomination. Probably more so. Stupid Pricks.
I'm with Rush. I hope he fails.
Funny. I've seen plenty of friends and relatives in Canada receive ongoing care that saved their lives and would have cost, literally, many millions in the USA. They would have died here because they couldn't have afforded help.
leftists are some of the most vindictive people out there.
Some of us are just mean, but some of us will call you a miserable pathetic whining moron if you cite anecdote rather than actual statistics in order to push your predefined agenda. And the American Right is run by some of the most scientifically ignorant people on the planet.
"The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
How many people listen to Sharpton, Moore, and Penn combined every week? Now how many listen to Limbaugh in the same time period? I also don't recall any democrats, much less the supposed party leader, having to apologize to an overweight radio host with a drug problem.
You're on a roll though. Don't let a little common sense stop you.