corner.nationalreview.com - 1/15/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
The New York Times reports that the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review -- the specialized federal...
appeals court created by the 1978 FISA statute to rule on questions involving national security surveillance -- has reaffirmed that the ...
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Surveillance Court Upholds Bush on Warrantless Wiretapping
talkleft.com - 1/15/2009
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talkleft.com —
Eric Lichtblau reports that a FISA court has
ruled the Protect America Act, passed by the Congress...
after the Bush violations of FISA became public, constitutional: A federal intelligence court, in a rare public opinion, is expected to issue a ...
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NYTimes: FISA Court Oks Warrantless Wiretapping Law
betsyspage.blogspot.com - 1/17/2009
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betsyspage.blogspot.com —
In case you haven't heard, in a FISA
court decision made in August last year and released...
now, the Bush administration has received judicial vindication for its program of warrantless wiretaps.Ever since the Bush Administration's warrantless ...
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Those warrantless wiretaps
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FISA Court to Rule Wireless Surveillance Was Legal
Ace of Spades HQ —
FISA Court to Rule Wireless Surveillance Was Legal Of course it is. Obama's about to become President and we can't have a Democratic president shackled the way Bush was. Heck, if a terrorist attack occurred, Obama might be blamed for it. And we can't have that blame falling on The One. A federal intelligence court, in a rare public opinion, is expected to issue a major ruling validating the power of the president and Congress to wiretap international phone calls and intercept e-mail messages without a court order, even when Americans private communications may be involved, ...
Just In Time For Obama Administration: FISA Court Rules That Wireless Surveillance Was Legal
Say Anything —
... Don’t expect anyone on the left to apologize for calling Bush a criminal for authorizing the surveillance. ...
Hey, turns out that the wiretapping thing’s constitutional after all!
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... (Via Hot Air) You know, I was going to come up with all sorts of snark directed towards the people who are swearing at this NYT headline (” ...
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