Fergie's Tech Blog

Is The Bush Administration Still Spying?

Probably yes.

David Kravets writes on Threat Level:

Is the Bush administration secretly siphoning millions of calls and e-mail communications from AT&T's network?

That fundamental question was left unanswered after 2.5 hours of oral arguments before a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which the government asked Wednesday to dismiss lawsuits making those and other allegations.

Maybe the San Francisco-based court will take the government's side or maybe it won't. But one thing is certain: if there was or is wholesale electronic spying on Americans without warrants, the courts aren't about to step in and stop it any time soon. That's because the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation's largest federal appellate court, isn't likely to rule for months or more. And the outcome isn't likely to be settled for perhaps years.

posted by Fergie @ 8/15/2007 07:37:00 PM