Scrap the 4th Amendment. It involves too much paperwork.

Telly Savalas

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Mon Dec-19-05 10:56 PM
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Scrap the 4th Amendment. It involves too much paperwork.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121900211.html

Air Force Gen. Michael V. Hayden, who was NSA director when the surveillance began and now serves as Bush's deputy director of national intelligence, said the secret- court process was intended for long-term surveillance of agents of an enemy power, not the current hunt for elusive terrorist cells.

"The whole key here is agility," he said at a White House briefing before Bush's news conference. According to Hayden, most warrantless surveillance conducted under Bush's authorization lasts just days or weeks, and requires only the approval of a shift supervisor. Hayden said getting retroactive court approval is inefficient because it "involves marshaling arguments" and "looping paperwork around."

Sometimes they things so ridiculous, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

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C_U_L8R

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Mon Dec-19-05 11:00 PM
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1. It's hard work (TM)

Edited on Mon Dec-19-05 11:34 PM by C_U_L8R

to obey the law.

We've truly met the tyranny of the lazy-assed C-Student.

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Ezlivin

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Mon Dec-19-05 11:00 PM
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2. Fuck it. I'm just going to leave my door open and take my phone off the

hook.

Laugh or cry? I vote for cry.

If I start laughing I just might not be able to stop.

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Maat

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Mon Dec-19-05 11:05 PM
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3. Yeah!

And I spent WAY TOO MUCH time studying about it in law school!

Yeah, "marshalling arguments," what a waste of time!

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pinto

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Mon Dec-19-05 11:13 PM
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4. ...requires approval of a shift supervisor?... We're in deep shit.

Gen. Hayden: "most warrantless surveillance conducted under Bush's authorization lasts just days or weeks, and requires only the approval of a shift supervisor"...

That's a telling remark.

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Telly Savalas

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Mon Dec-19-05 11:59 PM
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5. The shift supervisor may monitor the call for Quality Control purposes.

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