Hey ACLU, We Are Still Waiting For The Evidence

Posted By: J.J. Jackson* on December 31, 2005

The American Civil Liberties Union today sharply criticized a Justice Department investigation into the disclosure of an illegal National Security Agency domestic eavesdropping operation approved by President George W. Bush. - ACLU

Further

Anthony D. Romero: “President Bush broke the law and lied to the American people when he unilaterally authorized secret wiretaps of U.S. citizens.

I don’t know about you but I am still waiting for the evidence that U.S. Citizens were wiretapped illegally how about you?

When Valerie Plame’s name was “leaked” (which wasn’t really a leak) we had to investigate out to wazzo who on God’s green Earth did that! Now we have someone leaking information about a top secret government program and we aren’t supposed to investigate that. It’s confusing even to the mind of a those that thought this strategy up!

Let’s look at what we know. Leaking classified information IS illegal. On the other side we have a claim (and it is only a claim) that the actions the ACLU calls illegal “wiretaps of U.S. citizens” which may or may not be true and we are waiting with baited breath for evidence. Seems to me you would investigate the crime you know to be true rather than the one you have no evidence of.

There is a point where I don’t care if it is “illegal” to leak classified information such as in instances where we have evidence the government has exceeded it’s authority. But you have to show me that evidence first before I hop over the cliff with all the Kool Aid drinking lemmings. After all the power is in the people, not the government and the government is subordinate to the people.

This charge might be a little more believable IF the ACLU was outraged that both Clinton and Carter had used the same authority as well.

Bill Clinton:

“Section 1. Pursuant to section 302(a)(1) [50 U.S.C. 1822(a)] of the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance] Act, the Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order, to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year, if the Attorney General makes the certifications required by that section.”

Jimmy Carter:

“1-101. Pursuant to Section 102(a)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1802(a)), the Attorney General is authorized to approve electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information without a court order, but only if the Attorney General makes the certifications required by that Section.”

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