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Wireless wiretapping unconstitutional
Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:21:26 -0400
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Thumper...
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Read this:
Jean Smith...
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Nina Totenberg, ABC/NPR court reporter, just agreed on Day to Day.
Thumper...
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I meant WARRANTLESS wiretaps.
Thumper
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Gary James...
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DETROIT (AP)- A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's
warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an
immediate halt to it.
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first
judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she
says violates the rights to free speech and privacy as well as the
separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
"Plaintiffs have prevailed, and the public interest is clear, in this
matter. It is the upholding of our Constitution," Taylor wrote in her
43-page opinion.
Jean Smith...
Harry Thompson...
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Stand by. The NSA is waiting to see if the judge will stay her order at the
Government's request.
Harry Thompson...
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Yep, she stayed her ruling. That means the NSA continues as before.
El Castor...
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Good. For the time being we won't have to follow you lemmings over the
cliff. She will be overturned on appeal.
"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into."
Jonathan Swift
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