[RP TownTalk] Md senator helps pass Telecom immunity
Lou King
lking at knob.com
Tue Feb 19 19:37:55 UTC 2008
Alan, Roland,
I now hear that the Supreme Court has declined to review the lower
court's decision on "communication monitoring" (vs eavesdropping).
So as it stands you have the right to object if you can prove you have
been monitored, but of course the list of who has been monitored is
classified (for good reason I think). So we must rely of the FISA
Courts to protect us from the Executive Branch with the Legislative
Branch making the rules of the game. Or is it the Courts making sure the
Legislative Branch does not infringe on the ability of the Executive to
meet its responsibilities, or either to infringe on our rights.
Sounds like how the founders intended thing to be.
Lou
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