NEWS: ACLU readies suit over US domestic spying

[rpgamerd00d]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. civil liberties watchdog said it was filing a federal lawsuit on Tuesday to stop the domestic spying program that
President George W. Bush authorized after the September 11 attacks.

The American Civil Liberties Union said the lawsuit would be filed against the National Security Agency in U.S. district court for eastern Michigan on behalf of journalists, scholars, attorneys and national nonprofit organizations that frequently communicate by telephone and e-mail with people in the Middle East.

The lawsuit, which also names NSA Director Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander as a defendant, seeks a court order declaring that the spying program is illegal and ordering its immediate and permanent halt.


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060117/pl_nm/security_eavesdropping_dc

[drm604]

1. They'll get the court order

and the administration will ignore it. Then what?

[rpgamerd00d]

2. Court Order = case = evidence for Congress = Impeachment

[rodeodance]

3. they are not waiting for the Do Nothing Congress to do nothing.

[rodeodance]

5. Plaintiffs include authors and journalists such as Christopher Hitchens

The ACLU said its legal complaint charges that the spying program violates Americans' rights to free speech and privacy under the first and fourth amendments of the Constitution.

The ACLU also charges that Bush exceeded his authority under separation of powers principles.

Plaintiffs in the case believe their communications are being intercepted by the NSA and that the program is disrupting their ability to talk with sources, locate witnesses, conduct scholarship, and engage in advocacy, the ACLU said.

Plaintiffs include authors and journalists such as Christopher Hitchens and Tara McKelvey as well as James Bamford, a leading expert on U.S. intelligence and the National Security Agency.

Nonprofit groups that have joined the lawsuit on behalf of their members and staff include Greenpeace and Council on American Islamic Relations, the ACLU said.

[Strawman]

4. By the time that reaches the SCOTUS, Alito should be in place

And then.... what's that Frank Zappa quote again about how one day they'll just stop even pretending like we're free...

[rpgamerd00d]

6. Nah, Alito is goin down.

I feel it.

[Strawman]

7. Hope you're right

But personally I have no faith in our Dem elites. I think too many of them sincerely feel the same way as Feinstein. They have no appreciation that this appointment represents a tragic tipping point and they'll watch our rights go bye bye to preserve what they feel is the President's prerogative.

[rpgamerd00d]

8. They are being sneaky