Judge to anti-NSA group: Bug off
Michelle Malkin
Finally, someone tells the blabbermouths, "No:"
The National Security Agency is not required to release details about its secret wiretapping program, a federal judge said Monday.
The People for the American Way Foundation, a liberal advocacy group, sued to obtain records under the Freedom of Information Act. The group sought to find out how many wiretaps were approved and who reviewed the program...The NSA denied the request for documents, saying the records would jeopardize national security. The advocacy group argued that the law can't be used to protect the government from disclosing details about illegal programs. ...
Judge Rejects Request for NSA Documents
ABC
The National Security Agency is not required to release details about its secret wiretapping program, a federal judge said Monday.
The People for the American Way Foundation, a liberal advocacy group, sued to obtain records under the Freedom of Information Act. The group sought to find out how many wiretaps were approved and who reviewed the program.
President Bush has acknowledged the existence of the program, which he calls the Terrorist Surveillance Program. The National Security Agency monitors phone calls and e-mails between people in the U.S. and people in other countries when a link to terrorism is suspected.
Civil liberties group criticize it as an expansion of presidential power, and a federal judge has said it is unconstitutional. The Justice Department says it is a necessary tool to fight terrorism.
Its good to see a judge slap some of these groups with a little common sense. This judge ruled, rightly in my opinion, that even if the NSA program is eventually ruled illegal that the requested documents are still currently classified and are not covered by the Freedom of Information Act. ...
... Macsmind:
It’s about time. Time and time again we have seen the media and the left call this valued program “illegal” when in fact it’s only their opinion. The program has never been found to be legal, and as we have discovered Judge Anna Diggs “ruling” was nothing of the kind and in fact simply her agenda driven opinion which will be tossed as soon as it is heard by the 6th Circuit Court. ...
