Administration Claimed Immunity To 4th Amendment 703
mrogers writes "The EFF has uncovered a troubling footnote in a newly declassified Bush Administration memo, which asserts that 'our Office recently [in 2001] concluded that the Fourth Amendment had no application to domestic military operations.' This could mean that the Administration believes the NSA's warrantless wiretapping and data mining programs are not governed by the Constitution, which would cast Administration claims that the programs did not violate the Fourth Amendment in a whole new light — after all, you can't violate a law that doesn't apply. The claimed immunity would also cover other DoD agencies, such as CIFA, which carry out offline surveillance of political groups within the United States."
perhaps the slightest bit bitter (Score:4, Funny)
Sure would be nice if Colbert or Stewart chose to lampoon this little footnote. At least their shows get noticed more than Slashdot.
So... I guess this is Civil War? (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Real Texans keep their word. (Score:4, Funny)
And as a Texan, he's not going to be at all hesitant about executing things, is he?
A better bumper sticker (Score:2, Funny)
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