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The US Constitution 4th Amendment absolutely and strictly, without any room for interpretation, states the following:
Let's break that down for those that have never studied it: They cannot take, touch or even look at any of your stuff without a court giving them a warrant that specifically states what is to be searched, by whom and for what reason. That warrant will only be granted if the court feels that there is a good reason (probable cause) to undertake such a search and/or seizure. Now, and this is the REALLY important bit...getting rid of the 4th Amendment is BAD. Think about it...If you are no longer protected against random searches and seizures then "they" can enter your home and take, for example, your guns away. They just got rid of all of the power of the 2nd Amendment without even breaching it! A system of secret courts was already set up, which is TOTALLY unconstitutional too, to deal with secret warrants for secret wiretaps, yet more breaches of the Constitution, and the Bush administration have completely declined to use it even though the FISA system almost always allows the warrants that are requested AND, contrary to what Dubya would have you believe about the requirement to start a tap immediately so as to not waste time, the FISA system also allows the tap to start a full 72 hours before a court order is needed. So, as it stands, the US government has at its disposal: The ability to start a wiretap immediately and continue tapping for 72 hours without prior approval - Totally unconstitutional So with all of those unconstitutional systems available to them, why on Earth would they possibly need to introduce and pass legislation that allows them to ignore the secret and unconstitutional court and just do it by themselves without any legal process whatsoever? When the executive branch becomes judge, jury and executioner then the whole point of America as a nation is lost.
WAKE UP AMERICA! They have destroyed the constitution and, until you are prepared to speak up, they will continue to do so until you do not have the right to speak up. People keep telling me that I am a "tin hat wearing conspiracy theorist" but my answer to that is simple... If I a wrong then I have not harmed you and have only had your best interests at heart... If I am right, and the evidence of my "rightness" is within the pages of this site for all to see over and over again on a multitude of topics, then you should be damned grateful that somebody is prepared to put their head on the chopping block for you and your rights and freedoms... Understand that I have never lived in the US, I never intend to, I do not live in a "Western, developed culture" but on a desert island in the middle of nowhere and so the obvious question is "Why am I trying so hard to do this for you?" And the even more obvious answer is, when we stop the US and the UK from destroying the rights of human beings, then we stop the process EVERYWHERE. If they cannot do it then nobody will ever try again. Stop them now whilst there is still a democratic process in place to do it... Because if you don't, the next step will be the forming of armed Militias that will literally have to fight to regain the nation and that my friends is what we call a civil war... Civil war or civil dialogue and civil disobedience? Make your choice... Related links: Bush Aims To Kill War Crimes Act (and that just gets you back to the middle of June 2006 - Imagine if I kept going back to July 2005?!) |
| Wednesday 12th September 2006 | The Washington Post Original article entitled "Senate Committee Approves Wiretap Legislation" |
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The approval came after Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee blocked an amendment by Democrats that would have limited Bush's eavesdropping program and required the National Security Agency to report more often to Congress on its surveillance activities. Democrats say the bill approved by the committee would expand -- as well as legalize -- Bush's authority to monitor terrorism suspects. Bush has urged Congress to give him "additional authority" to continue his administration's warrantless eavesdropping program. This bill, which is sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), after consultations with the White House. In a speech last week to mark the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the president said he needs more power to address continued threats. The president promised to sign the bill into law only if it was not amended. Today, Senate Republicans blocked Democratic amendments that called for the bill to expire in one year and required the National Security Agency to report more often to Congress on how it runs the wiretapping program. "This bill is all about authorizing the President to invade the homes, e-mails and telephone conversations of American citizens in ways that are expressly forbidden by law," Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.), ranking Democratic member on the committee, said in a statement released by his office today. Leahy said Democratic members opposed the Republican-sponsored legislation because of "concerns about the sweeping authorities they granted the President and the federal government, without the proper checks and balances provided by the courts and Congress." Leahy called on the Senate to embrace an alternative Democratic-sponsored bill that, he said, has bipartisan support. Bush has defended the "terrorist surveillance program" as vital to national security. The 2001 program secretly authorized the National Security Agency to monitor domestic phone and e-mail commissions without first obtaining a warrant. The program was declared unconstitutional last year by a federal judge Michigan. Bush has appealed that ruling. The White House has been pressing members of Congress in recent days to pass legislation that would authorize his warrantless eavesdropping program. The bill approved by the Senate panel today would allow a secret court created by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to examine the legality of the program. The bill is being sent to the full Senate for a vote. Specter predicted it will be passed after some debate. "It is not an easy matter," he told reporters today. "It is going to be subjected to very considerable discussion." |
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