Appeals court sides with Bush on wiretap issue

[kpete]

Appeals court sides with Bush on wiretap issue
Panel rules Internet services have similar obligations to phone companies

WASHINGTON - A divided federal appeals court Friday sided with the Bush administration over rules that make it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls.

In a 2-1 ruling, the court said the Federal Communications Commission was correct when it decided that providers of Internet phone service and broadband services have legal obligations similar to those of telephone companies.

The FCC was responding to Justice Department complaints that companies must ensure their equipment using new technologies can accommodate police wiretaps under the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, known as CALEA.

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[bigdarryl]

1. Wire tap ruling

TOTAL BULLSHIT!!! were loosing our rights little by little with this dictator in the Whitehouse

[1monster]

6. "were loosing our rights little by little"!!!!

Little by little, I think not. We losing our rights in a flood tide under the petty little dictator in the White House and all those who have worked tirelessly over many years to allow him to do it.

[AndyA]

2. All this spying!

One would think we were living in Communist Russia!

[IChing]

3. Activist Judges runs both ways and unfortunately

these days Justice is running away from their oath as the fair and equitable treatment of all individuals under the law.

[thecrow]

4. Please list the reasons you are surprised by this...

Be specific... handwriting will score points.

[MadHound]

5. And the two judges who rubber stamped this were appointed by

Reagan and the Bushboy. Yes, it is our old friend Janice Rogers Brown, who just made her first payment to her evil overlord, thus enabling Bushco to continue their ongoing war against the American public and the Constitution.