Man if people are still looking at this thread you really need to understand what the heck you're talking about. Court TV get a grip!
If the FBI or local police etc. feel they have enough evidence to investigate someone for a crime they can go to an ordinary judge at the local or federal level and request a wiretap, surveilence cameras etc. If the judge agrees he/she will authorize the surveilence, wiretap etc. That authorization IS SECRET! Secret until the there is an arrest, indictment etc. The Court TV reference is assinine. You don't need a secret court to issue a court order for surveilence.
Straight from the article:
"Until now, the workings of the FISA Court have been kept secret. The court, made up of judges designated by the Supreme Court chief justice, deals mostly with secret or top secret information and has never before published any of its rulings."
I'm talking about their rulings. The Supreme Court doesn't make secret rulings.
Then why is it a "secret court"? Why don't they just call it a "obvious court"?
They meet in secret, have no oversight (congress pays little attention to them), their actions are kept secret (except for yearly tallys of their rulings), and there's no appeal of their rulings.
Man that's as secret as any "secret court" in the Soviet Union or Communist China.
It sucks!
Hmmmmm....the FBI which holds american citizens without charge, denies them bail or access to a lawyer all based on secret evidence has been slapped on the hand for their tactics by....wait for it....that's right. A SECRET COURT!?
Be very afraid......
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Man if people are still looking at this thread you really need to understand what the heck you're talking about. Court TV get a grip! If the FBI or local police etc. feel they have enough evidence to investigate someone for a crime they can go to an ordinary judge at the local or federal level and request a wiretap, surveilence cameras etc. If the judge agrees he/she will authorize the surveilence, wiretap etc. That authorization IS SECRET! Secret until the there is an arrest, indictment etc. The Court TV reference is assinine. You don't need a secret court to issue a court order for surveilence.
Straight from the article: "Until now, the workings of the FISA Court have been kept secret. The court, made up of judges designated by the Supreme Court chief justice, deals mostly with secret or top secret information and has never before published any of its rulings." I'm talking about their rulings. The Supreme Court doesn't make secret rulings.
Then why is it a "secret court"? Why don't they just call it a "obvious court"? They meet in secret, have no oversight (congress pays little attention to them), their actions are kept secret (except for yearly tallys of their rulings), and there's no appeal of their rulings. Man that's as secret as any "secret court" in the Soviet Union or Communist China. It sucks!
Had you heard about before this posting?....
Hmmmmm....the FBI which holds american citizens without charge, denies them bail or access to a lawyer all based on secret evidence has been slapped on the hand for their tactics by....wait for it....that's right. A SECRET COURT!? Be very afraid......