Judge: NSA's warrantless wiretapping unconstitutional; orders halt now

[DeepModem Mom]

AP: Judge Nixes Warrantless Surveillance
By SARAH KARUSH

DETROIT (AP) - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.

U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy....

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060817/D8JI9A281.html

[walkon]

1. Administration Response:

Judge is a CARTER Democrat. Sneer. Sneer.

[Ezlivin]

2. The next terrorist attack (by Iranians) is in 5...4...3...2...1

Without this wiretapping our defenses are completely down!

:sarcasm:

[rubberducky]

3. Do You really believe that this ruling will stop * ??

The idiot will just rewrite the law to suit his purposes.

[arcane1]

4. indeed, they will just start tapping the judge's phone instead

[JohnnyLib]

5. Limbaugh ranting

and blamed Carter, Clinton and the vast left wing conspiracy, all in one nonsentence. I'm not sure but what he got the British "crap" fellow in there, too.

[Fridays Child]

6. Can you smell the NSA's burning brakes, as warrantless wiretapping...

...grinds to a screeching halt? :sarcasm:

[leveymg]

7. They'll get an emergency stay from the 7th Circuit. Good ruling, anyway!

Go Judge Taylor! Thanks for remembering the Constitution. You're up there with the Warren Court in Brown, in my opinion!

[JohnnyLib]

8. Forcing self to listen to Limbaugh

Carter is "traitorous"

A caller is saying that Carter and both Clintons should be banned from the White House grounds (security)

Man, I hope the militia isn't called up over this ruling.

[agentkgb]

9. Fox News coverage

The only info Fox has on this on their website is an article about Bush talking about how wrong the decision was and how ignorant Taylor is. It makes it seem as though Taylor is a nutcase who wrote a letter to the editor somewhere, instead of the federal judge she actually is. The whole thing is about what Republicans are doing to counter her ruling and how we need to have the NSA listening in. CNN isn't any better. It's a good thing the NSA has corporate media to help protect us.

[Hosnon]

10. Hmm...my law school writing requirement was on this. In my opinion, the

program violates the IVth.

Contemplating allowing DUers to read it...don't know though.

[cmb3366a]

11. but does the decision mean anything?

Unfortunatly, as long as Bush is office, with a repub majority, I dont see the NSA, or any other secretive agency, following any ruling of any court. How close we are to a Big Brother state, with secrete prisons, courts, and police, scares the heck out of me.