Obama: No F.B.I. Oversight For Phone Records

[Charleston Chew]

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According to a document obtained by McClatchy Newspapers, the Obama administration's Justice Department has asserted that the FBI can obtain telephone records of international calls made from the U.S. without any formal legal process or court oversight.
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Obama assertion: FBI can get phone records without oversight

The Obama administration's Justice Department has asserted that the FBI can obtain telephone records of international calls made from the U.S. without any formal legal process or court oversight, according to a document obtained by McClatchy.

That assertion was revealed — perhaps inadvertently — by the department in its response to a McClatchy request for a copy of a secret Justice Department memo.

Critics say the legal position is flawed and creates a potential loophole that could lead to a repeat of FBI abuses that were supposed to have been stopped in 2006.

The controversy over the telephone records is a legacy of the Bush administration's war on terror. Critics say the Obama administration appears to be continuing many of the most controversial tactics of that strategy, including the assertion of sweeping executive powers.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/02/11/108562/obama-assertion-fbi-can-get-phone.html#ixzz1EXP7aZpY

[GodlessBiker]

1. Unreal.

[pam4water]

2. :( K&R

[Charleston Chew]

3. Suspended Constitution

Radical elements within the US government led by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others used the 9/11 attacks to undermine the democratic rights of the American people by what amounts to suspending the constitution and replacing it with what is essentially fascist legislation: the Patriot Act.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x551734

[Charleston Chew]

4. Give Me Liberty Or Give Me A Wiretap!

Kucinich Leads Opposition to PATRIOT Act Reauthorization

Remember the American Revolution: “We didn’t hear ‘give me liberty’ or give me a wiretap. We didn’t hear ‘don’t tread on me… but its okay to spy.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x552055
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Kucinich Opens Debate on PATRIOT Act Reauthorization

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x552045

[nilram]

5. KR !!!!