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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 01:05 PM
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Here's why Congress didn't legally enable the kind of surveillance ...
Edited on Mon Feb-06-06 01:06 PM by TahitiNut
... the Bushoilini Regime is engaged in: such legislation would not be Constitutional! It's not merely that the actions of this adminstration are contary to statute; it's that they're unconstitutional in exactly the same degree that any legislation would also be unconstitutional!

It's a red herring to speculate about legislation that would permit a domestic surveillance warrant on less than probable cause, since the Constitutional standard is probable cause.

It's a red herring to suggest that such domestic surveillance should be brought before the FISA Court. In my opinion, that has already been done and the FISA Court refused the warrant on less than 'probable cause' grounds! Remember, the FISA Court, in the first times in its history, has refused the Bushoilini Regime's request for warrants. Remember, the Bushoilini Regime has made requests of the FISA Court at more than THREE TIMES THE RATE of prior adminstrations.

It is, therefore, abundantly clear that the Bushoilini Regime KNOWS that their behavior is unconstitutional. That's what both the Congress and the FISA Court have already determined!

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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 01:17 PM
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1. Precisely the point!
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 01:40 PM
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2. It's frustrating as hell to see all the confusion on this.
People are following every red herring and distraction when it's clear and obvious that the actions of Congress, the Regime, and the FISA Courts have already shown that the acts of this cabal are clearly unconstitutional.
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 05:11 PM
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3. The problem is trapping them and keeping them trapped.
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