Sunday, January 14, 2007

Cheney: Credit Checks Aren't Illegal

Darth Cheney

An AP newswire article, via WTOP News, reports that:

Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday the Pentagon and CIA are not violating people's rights by examining the banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage in the United States.

National security letters permit the executive branch to seek records about people in terrorism and spy investigations without a judge's approval or grand jury subpoena.

More here.

(Props, Pogo Was Right.)

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