I guess the major disconnect I have with this is that the NSA has been doing this lawfully for decades, since their inception in 1949. Why start skirting the law now.
Because 8 got dumped? Get a better lawyer. This smacks of a HUGE ego or something far more sinister. Scott A. Stewart ColdFusion Developer GNSI 11820 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 770-9610 -----Original Message----- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:38 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Sen. Kennedy agrees Scott Stewart wrote: > Ok, > > I want to make sure I understand the legal issues > > 1) In order to listen to an incoming call into the United States, you must > either have a tap on the transmitting or the receiving end. You *might* be > able to intercept a satellite call if you know it's coming. Not quite right -- you must tap somewhere on the route between. It doesn't have to be specifically at either end. > 2) Since AlQaeda doesn't have a fixed address, and the chances of them > grabbing a tapped phone in the middle east are pretty slim. > > 3) The NSA (National Security Administration) must have taps on phones in > the US. Not necessarily. There's lots of hearsay that they tap the transfer lines connecting the domestic networks to international networks. Makes sense to me. > 4) In order to tap a phone in the US, you *must* have a court ordered > warrant, whether you are Joe Blow, beat cop in Podunk KY., the Chief of the > NSA, or the POTUS > > 5) The POTUS and the NSA have a special court that sits around waiting to > issue warrants for high clearance issues. > > 6) Out of the 6000 warrants requested by Bush, 180 or so have been modified > and only 8 flat refused. > > WTF is the problem? I'm all for doing whatever it takes to defend the US, > but do it within the law. Just go to your special court and get one, he's > batting 98% as it sits, why skirt the law over 8 out of 6000 Bingo. --Ben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194580 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
