{"id":1293,"date":"2009-01-15T16:55:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T21:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2009-01-15T21:28:18","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T02:28:18","slug":"court-confirms-legality-of-bush-administration-wiretapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1293","title":{"rendered":"Court Confirms Legality of Bush Administration Wiretapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NY Times&#8217; Eric Lichtblau, who apparently thought he was blowing the whistle when he first reported on this, now has to report that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/16\/washington\/16fisa.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss\" target=\"_blank\">this was all legal<\/a>.\u00a0 You consort with the enemy, you&#8217;ll be listened to.\u00a0 Listening in on international calls or reading international e-mails when the bad guys are involved is legal.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In validating the government\u2019s wide authority to collect foreign intelligence, it may offer legal credence to the Bush administration\u2019s repeated assertions that the president has the power to act without specific court approval in ordering national security eavesdropping that may involve Americans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qando.net\/details.aspx?entry=10013\" target=\"_blank\">More analysis at Q&amp;O<\/a>, where a dissenting point of view from the Right is taken on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NY Times&#8217; Eric Lichtblau, who apparently thought he was blowing the whistle when he first reported on this, now has to report that this was all legal.\u00a0 You consort with the enemy, you&#8217;ll be listened to.\u00a0 Listening in on international calls or reading international e-mails when the bad guys are involved is legal. 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