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Holy cats. The US executive has now decided that they should have some sort of judicial oversight re: warrantless wiretaps. From a letter from Gonzales:
They were tapping phones with impunity starting in 2001, and now say that 4 YEARS LATER, without external pressure, they thought that maybe they should try to follow the rules?
Moreover, the new court providing "judicial oversight" is secret. Sweet. No longer will your phones be monitored at the whim of the Executive--now, a nameless responsibility-free secret court must approve it. Awesome.
talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/nsa-doj-s...
apnews.myway.com//article/20070...
cbsnews.com/stories/2007/0...
In the spring of 2005-well before the first press account disclosing the existence of the Terrorist Surveillance Program-the administration began exploring options for seeking such FISA court appeal.
They were tapping phones with impunity starting in 2001, and now say that 4 YEARS LATER, without external pressure, they thought that maybe they should try to follow the rules?
Moreover, the new court providing "judicial oversight" is secret. Sweet. No longer will your phones be monitored at the whim of the Executive--now, a nameless responsibility-free secret court must approve it. Awesome.
talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/nsa-doj-s...
apnews.myway.com//article/20070...
cbsnews.com/stories/2007/0...
Posted 2007-01-17
by Peter
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