Sunday, August 10, 2008

Oops!

FBI to newspapers: Sorry about your phone records
Associated Press
Sat Aug 9, 2008
WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller has apologized to the editors of The Washington Post and The New York Times for improperly obtaining phone records of the newspapers' reporters while investigating terrorism four years ago.

"... while investigating terrorism..."

Yes - "while investigating terrorism" seems a convenient catch-all to excuse all sorts of Executive over-reach. "We did it for your own good, honest!"

Recall:
Amendment IV
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.
[U.S. Constitution]
Which word(-s) don't they understand?

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