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2007-08-24 Home Front: WoT

US eavesdrops on thousands of foreign calls

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Posted by Fred 2007-08-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 So what? they listen to my calls.
And?

Posted by newc">newc 2007-08-24 01:24|| 2007-08-24 01:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Great - so the FISA judges are as prone to idiotic, indefensible and dangerous meddling as their colleagues on other courts. I wonder if the "reasoning" that rationalizes a warrant requirement to monitor FOREIGN communications is of the standard used by the SCOTUS to rip the Geneva Conventions to shreds and make up a new meaning for Common Article 3. Collapse of the rule of law is truly scary - from capricious govt. refusal to enforce some laws, to courts' just making shit up and disregarding facts and actual law. We're far from the situation in most systems, but it's still depressing and frightening to behold.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-08-24 01:45|| 2007-08-24 01:45|| Front Page Top

#3 sideline note, not important;

the normal Judge's ego 'requores' 15 minutes of fame like.

then you get a FISA judge like this one here, demanding a warrant on every G'D tap, he wants/ he'll git 20-40 hours or so of fame.

jumping ahead to the all time sucking asshat of fame and attention, Arlen Spector, it's enuff to make a growd up man cry plus you caint git a breath of fresh air anywhars in the room.

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-08-24 05:55|| 2007-08-24 05:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Amazing how this crap pushed the Echelon program off the radar screen, ain't it?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-08-24 10:24|| 2007-08-24 10:24|| Front Page Top

#5 They can listen to any ponr calls I make, anytime, they'll be bored shitless in no time.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-08-24 18:02|| 2007-08-24 18:02|| Front Page Top

#6 PHONE dammit.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-08-24 18:03|| 2007-08-24 18:03|| Front Page Top

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