Warrantless Wiretapping facing first open court test.
Of course everyone knows of the FISA courts approval of the process, which qualifies as judicial oversight only in RW Loony land.
But now the process is going to be tested in a real court, where attorneys other than the Governments will have a say, and this could well lead to a true review by the Supreme Court.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/us/federal-prosecutors-in-a-policy-shift-cite-warrantless-wiretaps-as-evidence.html?hp&_r=1&
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department for the first time has notified a criminal defendant that evidence being used against him came from a warrantless wiretap, a move that is expected to set up a Supreme Court test of whether such eavesdropping is constitutional.
One can only assume that President Obama made the final decision on this practice, and kudos to him on that. For our Justice System to work we must have a fair trial with the Defendant being given access to all the evidence against him, not just some of what the Government thinks will stand up.
I personally hope that the Judge suppresses the evidence, and then declares that the Governments investigation was started illegally, and because it was the entire case is tainted and can not proceed. I am sure I am not alone in hoping that the Courts roll back the out of control Military Intelligence Industrial Complex and makes it necessary for them to follow those pesky rules in the Constitution.
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