Apparently, Feb. 11, 2001 changed everything.
It's in a court filing so it's not dead solid, but still, there's sure alot of smoke indicating a constitution on fire.
Remember that the claims of executive power under which this sort of wire tapping were justified came from the post 9-11 military authorization. So, what's the Yoo argument for February 11...?
(Side note: We're yet to see whether the Hamdan ruling will extend to other "non-specifically authorized" claims of "war powers" by the administration like warrantless wiretapping.)
Also: In the same rough area, Sen Diane Feinstein from the Senate Intelligence Committee says she was only briefed on the "banktapping" story after it became clear the the NYTimes was going to run the story.
June 30 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Security Agency asked AT&T Inc. to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site seven months before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, lawyers claimed June 23 in court papers filed in New York federal court.
Remember that the claims of executive power under which this sort of wire tapping were justified came from the post 9-11 military authorization. So, what's the Yoo argument for February 11...?
(Side note: We're yet to see whether the Hamdan ruling will extend to other "non-specifically authorized" claims of "war powers" by the administration like warrantless wiretapping.)
Also: In the same rough area, Sen Diane Feinstein from the Senate Intelligence Committee says she was only briefed on the "banktapping" story after it became clear the the NYTimes was going to run the story.
posted by mikevotes at
1:09 PM
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Just like I have heard on pretty good authority that they were already monitoring banks and banking activity prior to September 11th of 2001. (Can't tell you the source, confidentiality agreements and all that :)) The difference is that post September 11th they were able to stick it into the Patriot Act and make it look like it all had to do with terrorism.
I'm sad to say that I'm beyond being surprised by most of the revelations which are being squeezed out regarding the government's pursuit of happiness in taking liberties with our personal freedoms these days.
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Anonymous, at 1:04 AM
I would certainly believe that because it's becoming more clear that Cheney was pushing for some "security" state provisions well before 9-11.
But I do think these revelations are news in that they show the legal justifications offered for these programs are even more false than we thought.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 9:08 AM
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