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devohoneybee at 05:41pm on 21/12/2005
devohoneybee at 05:41pm on 21/12/2005from Gryphonrhi, who got it from Caligraphiti -- spread the word, as you will.
“Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so.”
-- President Bush, April 2004, nearly three years after he authorized secret domestic surveillance by the NSA without court orders or warrants. (Quote courtesy the transcript of Bush’s speech, taken off the official White House site.)
Amendment IV of the Constitution of the United States:
"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."
Oath taken by the President of the United States upon assuming office, as laid out in said Constitution, Article II:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
“Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so.”
-- President Bush, April 2004, nearly three years after he authorized secret domestic surveillance by the NSA without court orders or warrants. (Quote courtesy the transcript of Bush’s speech, taken off the official White House site.)
Amendment IV of the Constitution of the United States:
"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."
Oath taken by the President of the United States upon assuming office, as laid out in said Constitution, Article II:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."