Wiretap Compliance Countdown: ACLU's Subpeona Checklist
On June 27, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy issued subpoenas to the White House, Vice President and the Justice Department for documents about warrantless surveillance. The deadline for compliance is July 18.More here.
It's been a year and a half since we first found out that our own government has been tapping our phones and reading our emails. In that year and a half, the Senate Judiciary Committee has asked the Bush Administration nine times for information about the NSA's illegal spying.
The committee is now asking for the tenth time and has rightly chosen to use its subpoena power to compel an answer. It is high time we found out how our privacy was violated and whether our private information has been used against us. It's time that Congress step up and get answers. Polite requests for information have been ignored.
Congress has now brought its power to bear, subpoenaed the legal underpinnings of the program, and has begun the process of determining exactly what the government did and who should be held responsible. The White House should take note that this is how you run a thorough and legal investigation - in the open and with proper authorization.
(Props, Threat Level.)
posted by Fergie @ 7/13/2007 02:26:00 PM
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