JUSTICE DEPT RESPONSE ON WIRETAPS-DR/PATIENT CALLS CAN BE TAPPED!

[kpete]

EXCLUSIVE: JUSTICE DEP'T REPLIES TO CONGRESS
ON NSA SPYING; REFUSES TO DEFINE TERRORIST; SAYS DOCTOR-PATIENT CALLS COULD BE TAPPED

Justice Department responds to House questions on NSA wiretapping program

RAW STORY
Published: Friday March 24, 2006

The US Justice Department has responded to questions from Republican and Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee on President Bush's warantless wiretapping of international calls, releasing their responses quietly on a Friday afternoon.

The Justice Department's responses were provided to RAW STORY late Friday by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee. They were approved by Assistant Attorney General William Moschella under the aegis of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

At their core, the responses echo previous assessments by the Bush Justice Department which maintain that the eavesdropping program was legal and met the demands of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

"The FISA court of review discussed the President's inherent authority to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance in 2002, twenty-four years after FISA was enacted," the authors write.

The responses provide little new information about the program. The Attorney General refused to disclose how many Americans were spied upon, and declined to provide specifics on how "terrorists" are defined. Critics of the program say it is ripe for abuse and violates federal law.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Justice_Department_responds_to_House_questions_0324.html

Reponse to GOP questions
http://rawprint.com/pdfs/HJCrawstory1.pdf
Response to Democratic questions
http://rawprint.com/pdfs/HJCrawstory2.pdf

[stop the bleeding]

1. Department of UN-Justice is more like it

Orwell's 1984 - Ministry of Peace was designed to make war ect....

[electropop]

2. "FISA court of review discussed the President's inherent authority ..."

...and roundly REJECTED the concept. As if discussing a matter incourt automatically validates it. Sheesh how they twist and lie.

[Blust8]

3. Outrageous explanation by Bushevik nt

[newyawker99]

5. Hi Blust8!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[kpete]

4. SAYS DOCTOR-PATIENT CALLS COULD BE TAPPED!!!

EXCLUSIVE: JUSTICE DEP'T REPLIES TO CONGRESS
ON NSA SPYING; REFUSES TO DEFINE TERRORIST; SAYS DOCTOR-PATIENT CALLS COULD BE TAPPED

http://www.rawstory.com/

[Roland99]

6. Let's start tapping Cheney's phone calls w/his Dr.

And, why stop there? Let's start tapping lawyer/client calls, too!