Re: Obama DOJ defends warrantless wiretaps!

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh () hserus net>
Date: November 3, 2009 3:28:46 AM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Cc: jwarren () well com
Subject: Re: [IP] Obama DOJ defends warrantless wiretaps!

Three things.

1. I dont see where they say confidential information is going to be
provided to the press, or civil liberties organizations.

2. In this case - the assumption would be that a senior enough DoJ  
official
authorized invoking this privilege. Eric Holder is as senior as  
anybody in
the DoJ gets, so ..

3. I haven't seen where the Obama administration said they'd stop doing
this. What they said was that they'd exercise discretion in using a  
measure
that certainly predates Bush by several administrations, across both
parties.

        srs

David Farber [03/11/09 02:52 -0500]:
> From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com>
>
> The Bush administration invoked the privilege numerous times in  
> lawsuits over various post-9/11 programs, but the Obama  
> administration recently announced that only a limited number of  
> senior Justice Department officials would be able to make such  
> decisions. It also agreed to provide confidential information to the  
> courts in such cases.
>
> Under the new approach, an agency trying to keep such information  
> secret would have to convince the attorney general and a panel of  
> Justice Department lawyers that its release would compromise  
> national security.




-------------------------------------------
Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now
RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/
Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com