Reply #98: And seriously, do me a favor, calm down and learn something about what is actually happening here...

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This motion asks that the president, Holder and Blair (the defendents named) not be charged with anything relating to the suit in their OFFICIAL CAPACITY. In other words, the motion's goal is to legally protect the current administration officials from things they didn't do anyways. It does NOT seek to protect government employees who did things illegal from personal repercussions. If there is solid proof that Bush admin people engaged in something illegal, they can still be personally charged regardless of the outcome of this motion.

The case the DOJ defenders are filing a motion for is a financial lawsuit anyways. It is policy to defend the government from being sued for money. Christ, if every person in the country could sue the government for every wrong its ever done, then the government would go bankrupt in a matter of weeks. That doesn't mean that the people suing for the money in this suit might still not get something out of it.

Read this, its written by an actual government attorney...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/8/717799/-DOJ-and-the-FISA-Lawsuit:-The-Lawyers-are-Doing-Their-Job