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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: longnshort who wrote (155812)2/27/2009 4:04:02 PM
From: J_F_Shepard1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173976
 
" George Washington intercepted messages from the British without a court order"

But he only did it for international calls.....dip



To: longnshort who wrote (155812)2/27/2009 4:40:24 PM
From: geode001 Recommendation  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 173976
 
1. We are not in a revolutionary war against people who may or may not be terrorists...mostly not. What century are you living in? Are you crazy?

2. The courts say all kinds of stupid things because the courts are full of, you know, human beings. The warrantless wiretapping was clearly illegal and, even more ridiculously, unnecessary as FISA courts regularly handed out warrants like tic tacs.