LowerCaseRepublican Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060620/ap_on_...lice_phone_data Basically they did an end around on subpoenas and civil liberties protections to gather information in an illegal fashion. Gotta love the government with their seemingly unchecked power (not to mention the anti-terror legislation being used in non-terrorist cases as mentioned in the article) and the ability to slime anybody who questions it as a supporter of Al Qaeda and wants to see the terrorists blow up things. Third parties giving evidence to the gov't on their own = Constitutional Third parties acting at the request of and as an agent for the gov't and getting evidence = not Constitutional But what shall we expect when we've got a Congress, administration and government with the mindset so aptly put into words by Don Rumsfeld (source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...061901090.html_ "I find it strange the laws apply to me." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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