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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (13463)	8/18/2007 10:20:19 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	of 224748

Stop the ACLU comments>Al Qaeda’s Useful Idiots At the ACLU Want Secret Records Aug 18, 2007 Washington Post: A secret U.S. intelligence court has ordered the Bush administration to register its views about a records request by the American Civil Liberties Union, which wants the court to release a series of pivotal orders issued earlier this year about the National Security Agency’s wiretapping program. The move is highly unusual, because the court — which approves warrants for electronic surveillance within the United States by intelligence and counterterrorism agencies — operates in almost total secrecy and has made only one ruling public in its 29-year history. In a scheduling order issued Thursday and released yesterday by the ACLU, the chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court instructed the government to respond to the ACLU’s request by Aug. 31. The civil liberties group has until Sept. 14 to file its own response. … David B. Rivkin Jr., a partner at Baker Hostetler and a Justice Department official in the Reagan administration, said he is skeptical that the ACLU can pry loose the orders. Rivkin also argued that it is unclear whether the secret court, which meets inside the Justice Department building, has the authority to release such documents over objections from the executive branch. “The order is unusual, and the request is also unusual,” Rivkin said. “But I would be amazed if that request were granted in the end.” Even the ACLU admits this order is unprecedented. Merv points out that The ACLU’s argument is based on the false premise that our enemies in a time of war have a privacy right under the constitution. Always over the top and relentless in their pursuit, the ACLU never take into account the dangers they pose to the very liberties they claim to protect. Their irresponsible and reckless ways towards these things need to be checked. I’m sure the government’s response will be a big negative and the ACLU will respond in kind with their usual whining. Its been a losing battle for them so far on this issue, and I expect and hope that will continue. Al Qaeda can always count on our most liberal advocates to give them our secrets. If it isn’t the NY Times, they can always count on the ACLU.<

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