Doesn't ANYBODY in Washington have a copy of the Constitution?
Drug War Rant by Pete Guither
Excerpted: Gen. Michael V. Hayden, who led the National Security Agency when it began the warrantless wiretaps, vigorously defended the program , though he acknowledged that it depended on a lower standard of evidence than required by courts.
"The trigger is quicker and a bit softer," said General Hayden, an Air Force officer who is now the principal deputy director of the new national intelligence agency, "but the intrusion into privacy is also limited: only international calls and only those we have a reasonable basis to believe involve Al Qaeda or one of its affiliates."
The standard laid out by General Hayden - a
"reasonable basis to believe" - is lower than
"probable cause," the standard used by the special court created by Congress to handle surveillance involving foreign intelligence.
General Hayden defended the program's constitutionality. He said the lower, "reasonable belief" standard conformed to the wording of the
Fourth Amendment, asserting that it
does not mention probable cause, but instead forbids "unreasonable" searches and seizures.
Officially GOPerverted
Drugwar Lies Linked to Schizophrenia
The Ganjawar Fraud...
Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Certain American industrialists had a great deal to do with bringing fascist regimes into being in both Germany and Italy. They extended aid to help Fascism occupy the seat of power, and they are helping to keep it there."
- William E. Dodd, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1937.
Continued...
The Drug War Refugees
Seize This!
Ganjawar: Prison Slave Labor, Rape & Pillage Deterrent
There's no way to rule innocent men.
The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them.
One declares so many things to be a crime
that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
-- Ayn Rand in Atlas Shrugged (1957)
Patriot Act Renewal Includes Creation of a Federal Police Force
Section 605: A permanent police force, to be known as the 'United States Secret Service Uniformed Division,'" empowered to "make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence" ... or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony.
Slave Labor Means Big Bucks For U.S. Corporations
Borg Bush AWOL
Corporate Predators...
"With the first link, a chain is forged.
The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden,
the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
- Captain Jean Luc Picard, "Star Trek: The Next Generation
