Turns out Gonzalez can authorize a wiretap for up to a year under FISA as Georgia10 points out: First, let me point out that under Section 1802, the government can wiretap a foreign power for up to one year without a warrant. Not 72 hours. An entire year. This provision is applicable when the Attorney […]
Turns out Gonzalez can authorize a wiretap for up to a year under FISA asGeorgia10 points out: First, let me point out that under Section 1802, the government can wiretap a foreign power for up to one year without a warrant. Not 72 hours. An entire year. This provision is applicable when the Attorney General […]
Schumer and Gonzalez are going round and round about the issue of previous AGs testifying to the committee. Schumer wants to know if the administration would try to limit what they would be allowed to say and if the rules will be the same for them as Gonzalez. Gonzalez is refusing to give a direct […]
Specter just asked Gonzalez if when they do go to the FISA court for a warrant if they disclose that their information for the warrant was obtained by warrantless taps. Gonzalez would not answer because he didn’t feel comfortable going in to it. This was a very important question. If FISA is denying warrants because […]
The following is not the first story of its type. Every week or so it seems that one story similar pops up. The outcome might be slightly different but the essence of the story remains the same. An e-mail threat that prompted the evacuation of more than a dozen Brandeis University buildings on January 18 […]
Remember how horrible it was that the President of the United States lied under oath to congress? My how times have changed. Now it seems perjury is the norm for Washington. It first became evident when Scooter Libby was indicted for the same crime last fall. Republicans quickly took to the airwaves dismissing the charges […]
Here is a prime example of how different wording in a poll can alter its outcome. Should the National Security Agency be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States? Yes 64% No 23% That was Rasmussen’s poll released earlier this week. Notice the poll […]
Want to know who called a phone number or who that phone number called? For $110 you an find out. The Chicago Police Department is warning officers their cell phone records are available to anyone — for a price. Dozens of online services are selling lists of cell phone calls, raising security concerns among law […]
A point needs to be brought up here.Crooks and Liars has an audio clip up of Sean Hannity and his lying about the FISA stature. Hannity: If Osama Bin Laden calls the United States, they’re saying we need to go spend 76 hours and get a court order before we can record that phone conversation-that’s […]
A great battle has been one. We are starting to fight back and get our freedoms restored that we once cherished so much. Yesterday the House voted 238-187 to block part of the Patriot Act. The part they abolished was the power given to law enforcement to search library and book store records without a […]