Since we are always supposed to find for the individuals civil rights, to ensure that we don't trample them, you must assume that one party may be American, until you know better.
What's the problem? Tons of convictions come down with wiretap laws the way they have always been, why are you so dead set against following existing law? > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 12:32 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: States Rights: was(RE: [signs of sanity] MD no > longer subsidizing Walmart) > > 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:5:193760 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
