I'm not angry at all, actually. I said knee-jerk because it sounds exactly like something Rush would say -- damn constitutional rights, keeping terrorists from being searched...
> Why am I the knee jerk guy? GG snuck this in as if it were accepted > fact: ..... > e.g., Colleen Rolly (sp?) the FBI whistleblower who's Moussai > report was shot down by her local office... > Fix the problem by enforcing the laws we have! > > I was pointing out the irony that the laws that did exist were being > enforced and prevented the FBI from doing their work. Those laws > needed to and have been changed. > > She was an agent that blamed her bosses for not acting. When in > reality they did act and found that because of the laws on the books > they could not search his laptop. > So a wannabe congresswomen said she felt they had enough to do the > search and yet you're angry at the FBI for respecting the law. You > should be priasing them for not violating his rights just because one > agent said they should. > > > On 5/17/06, Dana Tierney wrote: > > I'm really not sure what Sam's point is ;) I was taking issue with > his earlier assertion that she couldn't get a warrant for Moussaui > because of concerns about his civil rights. Based on the letter I > posted, it looks like a) she was counsel, not an agent, so she would > not have been the one to get the warrant anyway and b) she is saying > that her concern was not that there was not enough evidence to > overcome the privacy issue, but that the FISA warrant was a surer bet. > > > > > What Sam thinks she was "wrong" about I am not sure, and don't > propose to wade through that very dense link to find out. How can > someone be wrong when they are explaining what they thought and why > the did what they did? > > > > We are down to quibbles over quibbles actually, so broad point? Not > sure. Was just irritated by Sam's knee-jerk and bitter query. > > > > >What is the broad point behind all of this minutia? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206956 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
