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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Captain Compassion" |
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19 Jan 2006 11:04:34 AM |
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ACLU to file lawsuit over NSA spying |
Posted on Wed, Jan. 18, 2006
ACLU to file lawsuit over NSA spying
By HERALD
ACLU of Florida holds a news conference today to discuss a Michigan
lawsuit filed by the group challenging the legality of the domestic
surveillance program being conducted by the National Security Agency
under presidential authorization.
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Michigan; it seeks a
declaraton that the NSA spying is illegal and a permanent halt.
Plaintiffs include authors and journalists James Bamford, Christopher
Hitchens and Tara McKelvey, as well as the National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers, Greenpeace and the Council on American
Islamic Relations.
ACLU legal director Randall Marshall and CAIR legal advisor Areeb
Naseer will speak at 11 a.m. at the ACLU of Florida office, 4500
Biscayne Blvd., Suite 340.
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"The president and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing
their memory, or their backbone, but we're not going to sit by and
let them rewrite history." -- ***** Cheney 11/16/2005
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy." -- John Updike
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
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--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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