Judge: Spy Case Hearings Will Go On

[AnnInLa]

(sorry if this is a duplicate....I looked, but not very well.)

http://detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060602/POLITICS/606020426

Judge: Spy case hearings will go on

Federal jurist in Detroit stands firm despite claim national security at risk.

Gregg Krupa / The Detroit News




DETROIT -- A federal judge in Detroit said she will proceed with hearings in a suit that challenges a domestic spying program run by the National Security Agency, despite assertions from the Bush administration that doing so would reveal "state secrets" that affect national security.

U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor also chided the NSA and lawyers for the Department of Justice for failing to respond to the court challenge, brought Jan. 18 by a local resident, Nizah Hassan, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Council on American Islamic Relations. Despite having twice extended time for the government, Diggs Taylor said it has failed to respond.

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[acmavm]

1. Our newest heroine, U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor

Too smart to bite into their bullshit.

[merwin]

2. There's nothing a judge hates more than being snubbed.

I thought they would have learned that by now... Judges like to be respected, and get awefully angry when they aren't.