01.25.06
The NSA Arguments. In Detail.
Posted in Spying at 9:00 am by wb42
File this one for future reference. Either the blogger is correct. Or he’s WAY off base. Time will tell. Do you buy the arguments? Or not?
This morning, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales participated in a debate at Georgetown University’s law school on the NSA’s international surveillance program. Gonzales did an excellent job of spelling out the reasons why the program is not only necessary, but legal. You can read Gonzales’ prepared text here; what follows are some [...]
01.24.06
Olbermann History Lesson
Posted in Spying at 10:45 pm by wb42
Lest you think Keith Olbermann is just some left-wing idiot who can’t ask questions, consider this exchange from Monday night.
If you missed Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night, you missed this: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: When you’re [...]
FISA Ooops. How ‘Bout Some History
Posted in Spying at 9:45 pm by wb42
Just one more example. Piling on? I don’t think so. Just the facts, Ma’am. Even if times do change.
Want to see a post that destroys the Bush Administration’s claims that the current FISA hampers their ability to conduct “terrorist (or Quaker) surveillance? Read Glenn Greenwald’s post about what the Bush Administration said in opposing GOP senator Mike DeWine’s [...]
NSA and the Constitution
Posted in Spying at 8:15 pm by wb42
My goodness. This General Hayden stuff is even worse when you HEAR it. It’s been all over the blogs lately, but it’s incredible in person. Just watched Olbermann take it apart. And, all the had to do was play the news conference tape and then quote the Constitution. Kos takes it and runs with it.
The first thing that struck me when General Hayden made the ignorant observation that the Fourth Amendment didn’t include a probable cause standard was that someone needed to tattoo the Bill of Rights on his chest, backwards, so he could read it every time he looked in the mirror in the morning. The second thing that struck me about his insistence that a “reasonable suspicion” standard prevails over probable cause for the spying program was that this Administration and the Congress already rejected [...]
Going Legal
Posted in Spying at 4:15 pm by wb42
It was only a matter of time. Warrantless wiretap repercussions.
Criminal defense lawyer Terry Kindlon (a frequent reader and commenter on TalkLeft) has filed what is believed to be the first motion to dismiss criminal charges against his client due to Bush’s warrantless NSA electronic [...]
