A-G general candidate takes on federal wiretaps in first TV ad(NY)

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The first television advertisement of the New York state attorney general's race is taking on federal wiretapping without warrants.
The 30-second ad announced today by Democratic candidate Sean Patrick Maloney takes George W. Bush to task for the controversial eavesdropping issue, saying the president is outside his authority in using the wiretaps and is violating New York state law.

The ad will air tomorrow evening on cable and network television stations in New York City, Albany, Rochester and Syracuse. It will begin running elsewhere Saturday.The 39-year-old Maloney is a former Clinton administration aide.The battle for the Democratic nomination to replace Eliot Spitzer includes former New York City public advocate Mark Green, former federal Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo, state Assemblyman Richard Brodsky and Charlie King, a former housing official in the Clinton

http://www.wrgb.com/engine.pl?station=wrgb&id=4827&template=breakout_top_story.shtml&dateformat=%25M+%25e,%25Y

Fighting Terror and Protecting Our Rights(video and statement)
The complaint would seek a federal court order requiring the Bush Administration to comply with the law by compelling the Bush Administration to appear in federal court, in secret session if need be, to show cause for wiretapping any citizens of New York. There is recent case law and precedent for state attorneys general to act against federal actors who break state law and are acting outside of congressional authority. The Oregon Attorney General successfully sued then-United States Attorney General John Ashcroft, stopping him from undermining that state's assisted suicide law (analogous to New York's wiretapping law) without Congressional authorization to do so (as with the NSA's actions here)
http://seanmaloney.com/Issues/.spotlight/

Good video. Great message.

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