ACLU and EFF suits challenge FISA Amendments
Jul 16 at 3:03pm by Jagwire X
ACLU
The American Civil Liberities Union filed a Motion For Leave To Participate In FISC Proceedings Required By The FISA Amendments Act Of 2008 in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court, requesting that all proceedings regarding the constitutionality of the FISA law be open to the public and transparent. This is contrary to how the secretive FISA court normally operates. As part of the action the ACLU requests that the proceedings be adversarial (i.e., that the ACLU or others as opposed to just the Government can participate in the FISA court).
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Additionally the ACLU filed another action in federal court in the Southern District of New York, alleging that the terms of which grants massive new warrantless eavesdropping powers in the President violate the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The ACLU’s lawsuits do not challenge the constitutionality of the telecom immunity provisions of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 because those sections will be challenged by Electronic Frontier Foundation and local/affiliate ACLU groups in separate actions regarding NSA Spying.
FISA Passes Senate
Jul 9 at 2:02pm by Jagwire X
Talking Points Memo
From Talking Points Memo - FISA Passes Senate
FISA Passes Senate
07.09.08 — 3:10PM
By David KurtzThe final vote was a rout: 69-28.
No surprises here. Just the weight of disappointment.
Late Update: Worth noting that Hillary voted against the bill, while Obama –as we’ve noted here before — changed positions on telecom immunity and voted for the bill.
To paraphrase Mark Twain:
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of the Senate (Congress). But I repeat myself.
An Open Letter To Senator Obama: Vote NO On Telecom Immunity
Jul 9 at 11:11am by Jagwire X
Barack Obama
Barack Obama, the people who support you are speaking loudly and clearly. I believe you will hear them and will uphold your promise to oppose any FISA bill which includes immunity for for the telecommunications companies which unlawfully went along with President George W. Bush’s program of warrantless wiretapping of ordinary American citizens.
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