On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Judah Mc wrote: > > putting forth a new > Sovereign Immunity argument that says the Patriot Act bars any kind of > law suits about any illegal government surveillance for any reason > unless there is "willful disclosure" of the illegally intercepted > communications by the government. I.E., they decide to tell everyone > on their own terms. Fucking brilliant. > > http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/06/obama/index.html > > And this, my friends, is why we should have never passed the Patriot > Act in the first place. >
One could also say it's a great reason why we should not have elected Obama. Seriously, they can make whatever argument they like; the federal courts decide whether the argument has any basis in the law. I am more worried about the bill that would allow the President to seize Internet networks. If it actually becomes law, we can kiss all privacy goodbye. We all know what happens with data in the hands of the government- it inevitably becomes a tool of political interests. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294322 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
