🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:57:00 -0700, "WT Stull" <bstull1@ev1.net>
wrote:
>"Mr. Monte" <montep@email.com> wrote:
>> Betcha most didn't even know such a court existed!  heheh
>> Monte
>
>Stull cries 'zoot alors':
>
>Next you'll be telling me there's secret police who can detain a citizen
>without trial or court appearance, access to counsel, for an indefinite
>period, riding around the country in a black helicopters over the K-Mart on
>Westheimer.
>
>I am shocked, shocked I tell you to find there's abridgement of civil rights
>going on here!
>Regards,
>WT Stull            bstull1@ev1.net


Well, either you are being sardonic, which I doubt, or you do not
believe the story, which in this newsgroup is the defacto state of
affars for unkown posters until proven otherwise.  If the latter is
the case I would point out to you the history of this court.  It was
instituted by the FISA Act of 1978, its members come from federal
district courts around the nation and federal appellate courts.  All
are publicly appointed, I believe for one-time seven year terms.  

The problem with the court, is that ALL its actions are classified and
only that which it specifically releases is ever seen by the public at
large.  Which is a very rare event, making this public release of its
refusal and reasons for refusal to an application from the Justice
department the equivalent of comet near misses.

The report, which is a pdf file is readily available, in fact had you
read the article I URL'd you would have seen the link to it.  Read it,
it details a whole bunch of lying by Justice and the FBI when pleading
for evesdropping warrants.

Monte
"Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books,
 and there is some evidence that they can't read them either." ---Gore Vidal