Slog - Comments on What Does 'Terrorist Surveillance' Really Mean? http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/what_does_terro Obviously nobody is going to see this article today, because everybody's all hepped up on Superbowl XL and spicy guacamole—or whatever your traditional sporty sustenance may be. But listen: bookmark this article for a more thorough Monday morning perusal. The Washington Post has a fantastic piece by Barton Gellman, Dafna Linzer, and Carol D. Leonnig on Bush's FISA-bypass program—you know, the one alternately known as "domestic spying" or "terrorist surveillance," depending on who's talking. It seems to me that the furor over domestic spying has died down a little in the wake of the State of the Union. Bush was... Copyright 2007 Sun, 05 Feb 2006 10:12:44 -0800 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:50:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by SDA in SEA Similar surveillance was being conducted in the 1970s (albeit with less sophisticated computers). The FISA court system was SPECIFICALLY set up to prevent this exact illegal eavesdropping without a warrant, and gives the government an easy out: after-the-fact warrants up to 3 days after (which are almost never denied). But Bush isn't even bothering with that.

Bush's violation of this law is not okay with me. I have friends and relatives outside our borders. Whether we are talking on the phone about Christmas travel plans, smoking a joint in Amsterdam, or cookie recipes, it is not okay for Bush to be listening in on the off chance I might let slip some al Qaeda secret.

This isn't some trivial obscure law. This is the 4th Amendment to the Constitution.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/what_does_terro#c014295 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/what_does_terro#c014295 Politics Sun, 05 Feb 2006 10:57:26 -0800 Comment by Skeptic of Sea In other words, if Bush had be conducting illegal wire-tapping through paranoia, he would have prevented 9/11?? Isn't that rather like the police barging into our homes at will, and incidently finding the goods to take us in?

Can you trust an administration that uses that kind of logic to keep their nose out of the "waste" that's "tossed"? I don't. They'll use reasoning that taps into our fear to gain access to our lives to which they have no right.

Bush and his goons are every much the threat as al Queda. When Chavez compares Bush to Hitler, he is on to something. There is more than one way to destroy communities of people.

]]> Skeptic of Sea http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/what_does_terro#c014303 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/what_does_terro#c014303 Politics Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:32:21 -0800 Comment by Creek I'm curious what Bushco regards as a terrorist keyword. For example, let's say that two "Wizard of Oz" fans are discussing the name of its author. What's to prevent the two Oz collectors from getting tagged by Bush's data mining as a possible terrorist team while an actual Al Qaeda cell has the minimal smarts to communicate only via CODE words over shopping mall pay phones or public library computers from which they can post hidden messages in the form of customer reviews at amazon.com?

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