Posts Tagged “warrantless wiretaps”

I subscribe to the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) emails. I just received this from Jon Vogel, DCCC Executive Director.

Heckling the President is Unacceptable

Last night as President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on the need for health insurance reform, Republican Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina actually screamed out “you lie” on the House floor in front of the full Congress and the entire nation.

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I cannot stand Keith Olbermann. He’s a self-righteous putz that spews sanctimonious liberal garbage. Well, until now. As Olbermann points out, during Obama’s campaign he constantly spouted he was against wiretaps. For example, on election day last year, Obama slammed President Bush’s warrantless wiretap program while speaking at Dartmouth College in his last public appearance before the polls closed in New Hampshire.

“For one thing, under an Obama presidency, Americans will be able to leave behind the era of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and “wiretaps without warrants.”

And while this is still up on Obama’s campaign web site, I suspect it will disappear soon:

Secrecy Dominates Government Actions: The Bush administration has ignored public disclosure rules and has invoked a legal tool known as the “state secrets” privilege more than any other previous administration to get cases thrown out of civil court.

Now Obama’s Department of Justice claims the U.S. Government is completely immune from litigation for illegal spying and can never be sued for surveillance that violates federal privacy statutes.

From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:

San Francisco – The Obama administration formally adopted the Bush administration’s position that the courts cannot judge the legality of the National Security Agency’s (NSA’s) warrantless wiretapping program, filing a motion to dismiss [PDF file], Jewel v. NSA late Friday.

Where’s the outrage from the left? They must feel like Obama just fed them a crap sandwich.

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