Exactly. of the almost 1000 warrents that went before the FISA court, only 8, repeat 8 were rejected.
So what gives about the most recent illegal wiretaps. Was he worried that they would be rejected out of hand. larry On 1/19/06, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ha! If that article is credible, what that tells me is that Bush was > asking for a shitpot of unreasonable or illegal wiretaps. If that > court was rejecting them, then you KNOW they were bad since they > approve everything. > > On 1/19/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree but you have to do what you can to save lives. > > > > http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051226-122526-7310r > > > > WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush decided to > > skip seeking warrants for international wiretaps because the court was > > challenging him at an unprecedented rate. > > > > A review of Justice Department reports to Congress by Hearst > > newspapers shows the 26-year-old Foreign Intelligence Surveillance > > Court modified more wiretap requests from the Bush administration than > > the four previous presidential administrations combined. > > > > The 11-judge court that authorizes FISA wiretaps modified only two > > search warrant orders out of the 13,102 applications approved over the > > first 22 years of the court's operation. > > > > But since 2001, the judges have modified 179 of the 5,645 requests for > > surveillance by the Bush administration, the report said. A total of > > 173 of those court-ordered "substantive modifications" took place in > > 2003 and 2004. And, the judges also rejected or deferred at least six > > requests for warrants during those two years -- the first outright > > rejection of a wiretap request in the court's history. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193396 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
