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U.S. Government Lawyer Defends Wiretapping Program
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 03:42:22 GMT
Via The Boston Globe (AP). [snip] A government lawyer used a dramatic scenario of a nuclear attack on Washington to illustrate his arguments Tuesday in defense of President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. Anthony Coppolino, a special litigation counsel based in Washington, said the Constitution gives Bush the right as commander in chief to do what is necessary to surveil terrorists and stop them from attacking the United States, including interrogating someone who might have information about an imminent attack. [snip] More: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/09/05/wiretap_program_justified_lawyer_says/ p.s. Just as you would expect an attorney for the U.S. to do -- dramatize the situation to get a point across. YMMV. :-) - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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