1.06.2009

Constitutionality of FISA (as amended by the Patriot Act) to be reviewed

A federal appeals court in Oregon will hold a hearing next month on a government appeal of a 2007 judicial ruling that said the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is unconstitutional.

The FISA is a statute that regulates domestic intelligence, and generally requires judicial authorization for intelligence search and surveillance within the United States. Critics of Bush Administration electronic surveillance activities such as the “Terrorist Surveillance Program” have argued that they unlawfully circumvented the provisions of the FISA.

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3 comments:

Randall Bytwerk said...

The Goebbels quotation is fake. See: http://www.bytwerk.com/falsenaziquotations.htm

A. Peasant said...

Thank you. I'm having trouble with the link you provide.

Do you have a better one maybe? (link or quote)

A. Peasant said...

OK, found the German Propaganda Archive. Wow. Lots of stuff here.

If you have a suggestion for a quote, I'm all ears.