Warrantless Wiretaps Unconstitutional

Federal Judge Orders Halt to NSA Wiretapping By Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 17, 2006; 2:14 PM A federal judge in Detroit ordered a halt to the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program, ruling for the first time that the controversial effort ordered by President Bush was unconstitutional. ........... "It was never the intent of the framers to give the president such unfettered control, particularly where his actions blatantly disregard the parameters clearly enumerated in the Bill of Rights," she wrote. " . . . There are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution. So all 'inherent powers' must derive from that Constitution." Read Article At: The Washington Post More From Crooks and Liars: Cafferty on the NSA Ruling: Bush is breaking the Law! By: John Amato on Thursday, August 17th, 2006 at 2:11 PM - PDT Jack Cafferty ripped into the Republican leadership today over the recent ruling that the NSA warrantless program is illegal. For all the wingers that say the NSA helped in the UK terror plot, they should turn to their good pal O’Reilly, who said that they got FISA warrants in that case which proves the point. Right wing blogger Ace asks where is the Congress? That’s a fair question, but it’s a Republican Congress and that’s been the problem. I’m not picking on Ace, but he says that Watch: Video-WMP Video-QT