Is that all that different? You don't read much. There has been evidence that the government has been conducting illegal surveillance against various anti war groups, http://www.cq.com/public/20051223_homeland.html. Given the so called removal of the "wall" separating the intelligence services with the FBI, then the overview of the courts is even more necessary. Lets look at who they were, the ACLU and a catholic peace group, to name two. A student who wanted to read Mao's little read book. Some terrorists. The SOCOTUS decision definiately applies in this case.
On 1/23/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's targeting Americans they thought were terrorist. Totally > different then targeting known terrorist calls that ends in the US. > > On 1/22/06, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > in 1972, in a case before the supreme court, John Mitchell, the > > attorney general at the time argued that the government didn't need a > > warrant to tap the phone of any political dissenter it thought was a > > threat to national security. Sound familiar, the Shubbery are making > > the same arguments. Unfortunately for them (in their little minds) the > > Supreme Court ruled 9-0 against that belief. Justice Lewis Powell, a > > Nixon appointee, wrote for the unanimous court that the Fourth > > Amendment to the Constitution protects Americans from "unreasonable > > searches and seizures" and that that freedom "cannot be properly > > guaranteed if domestic security surveillances are conducted solely at > > the discretion of the executive branch." > > > > So these so called expanded surveillance powers are clearly > > unconstitutional. > > > > The judicial constraints were put in place for a reason. They are > > pretty lax too. The government has up to 72 hours before applying to a > > FISA court for a wiretap warrent. Moreover the court has rejected less > > than one half of one percent of all the warrents since the court was > > set up. > > > > larry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193755 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
