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Old 11-02-2009, 11:44 AM
coadie coadie is offline
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Re: Should they... Would you?

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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth View Post
Point well taken.
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The US Justice Department under President Obama is invoking Bush Administration tactics to dismiss a lawsuit alleging federal agents engaged in illegal phone and email surveillance of ordinary US citizens.

A motion submitted to US District Judge Walker on Friday claims disclosing information on the National Security Agency's warrentless wiretapping program would "cause exceptionally grave harm to national security."

The 36-page brief invokes"state secrets" privileges to keep mum on the case, and claims the 2001 Patriot Act grants government agencies an umbrella "sovereign immunity" for domestic spy programs.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04...retap_lawsuit/

We are seeing a friskier reporting pattern by foreign media. In America, the Lame Stream Media is remiss in discussing constitutional issues.
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