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Pessimism Porn; Obama Re-Enforces Bush's Warrantless Wiretapping Policy

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Channel: DEMCAD · 2009 · News & Politics

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http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7299825&page=1

Obama destroys privacy rights
•President Obama's Justice Department quietly argued in a San Francisco court that it was maintaining the same position as President Bush's Justice Department on a case involving detainees trying to sue a private company for its role in their (allegedly) extraordinary renditions.
•Matt Miller of the Justice Dept. said, "It is the policy of this administration to invoke the state secrets privilege only when necessary and in the most appropriate cases
•the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is challenging the NSA surveillance by suing on behalf of AT&T customers whose records may or may not have been caught up in the NSA "dragnet."
•*Basically, the Obama administration is not only continuing the status quo of using the state secrets defense to prevent people from suing the government in allegations privacy violations.
•The judge demised the case and now were in trouble.
•Obama is protecting unlawful surveillance (warrantless wiretaps).
•What this means is that the government can spy on you and you CAN NOT SUE them
•As long as the government doesnt formally use the information it acquired from spying on you, you CAN NOT SUE.
•This is Bush 2.0
•Theres a very important lesson to be learned: once you give up some rights, its very hard to retrieve them, no matter who gets elected.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/white-house-watch/obamas-state-secrets-overreach040909.html

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