Comments on: The Commission on Warrantless Wiretapping and FISA Compromise http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:47:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: katiejacob http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-68163 katiejacob Fri, 09 May 2008 20:43:17 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/#comment-68163 <p>Hi Marcy,<br /> I just came back from Scotland too. Did you go to the whiskey museum in Edinborough(or however you spell it)? That was fun.<br /> I had a fund raiser at my home for Gary Peters in March,and Steny was the guest speaker. I talked to him about FISA and he indicated to me that he didn’t think that what the telecoms did should be the big concern.</p> Hi Marcy,
I just came back from Scotland too. Did you go to the whiskey museum in Edinborough(or however you spell it)? That was fun.
I had a fund raiser at my home for Gary Peters in March,and Steny was the guest speaker. I talked to him about FISA and he indicated to me that he didn’t think that what the telecoms did should be the big concern.

]]> By: Anna http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-68096 Anna Fri, 09 May 2008 14:15:27 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/#comment-68096 <p>The whole group of Bush psychopaths to the “Hague”. Hope and faith would be restored</p> The whole group of Bush psychopaths to the “Hague”. Hope and faith would be restored

]]> By: Anna http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-68095 Anna Fri, 09 May 2008 14:08:35 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/#comment-68095 <p>The majority of the American public are not tuned into this</p> The majority of the American public are not tuned into this

]]> By: Anna http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-68093 Anna Fri, 09 May 2008 13:58:24 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/#comment-68093 <p>With you ew “no compromise”.</p> With you ew “no compromise”.

]]> By: watercarrier4diogenes http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-68086 watercarrier4diogenes Fri, 09 May 2008 07:26:22 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/#comment-68086 <p>Agreed. If you read the Ari Shapiro transcript I linked to @124:</p> <blockquote><p>INCLUDED A PHYSICAL SEARCH OF BLOCH’S BODY. INVESTIGATORS SEIZED TWO THUMB DRIVES FROM BLOCH [caps emphasis theirs]</p></blockquote> <p>it would be difficult to leap from that and his subsequent dialog to “full body/body cavity search” terminology.</p> Agreed. If you read the Ari Shapiro transcript I linked to @124:

INCLUDED A PHYSICAL SEARCH OF BLOCH’S BODY. INVESTIGATORS SEIZED TWO THUMB DRIVES FROM BLOCH [caps emphasis theirs]

it would be difficult to leap from that and his subsequent dialog to “full body/body cavity search” terminology.

]]> By: judyo http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-68078 judyo Fri, 09 May 2008 01:01:43 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/#comment-68078 <p>For me, the larger question is how much is the FBI compromised.</p> For me, the larger question is how much is the FBI compromised.

]]> By: emptywheel http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-68074 emptywheel Thu, 08 May 2008 23:57:50 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/#comment-68074 <p>Mr. ew said that the report on around 6 said they found the thumb drives “on his body”–he thinks they said the thumb drives were on a lanyard around his neck.</p> <p>So perhaps no cavities.</p> Mr. ew said that the report on around 6 said they found the thumb drives “on his body”–he thinks they said the thumb drives were on a lanyard around his neck.

So perhaps no cavities.

]]> By: watercarrier4diogenes http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-68065 watercarrier4diogenes Thu, 08 May 2008 22:43:40 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/#comment-68065 <p>Here’s something I found on POGO, reporting that <a href="http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2008/05/all-thumbs.html" rel="nofollow">Ari Shapiro</a>’s radio show was the source of the info, with transcript.</p> Here’s something I found on POGO, reporting that Ari Shapiro’s radio show was the source of the info, with transcript.

]]> By: masaccio http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-68064 masaccio Thu, 08 May 2008 22:42:57 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/#comment-68064 <p>Me too! We could staff the thing with the lawyers that comment here, and provide computer expertise as well.</p> Me too! We could staff the thing with the lawyers that comment here, and provide computer expertise as well.

]]> By: Sara http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-68063 Sara Thu, 08 May 2008 22:40:13 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/08/the-commission-on-warrantless-wiretapping-and-fisa-compromise/#comment-68063 <p>Nope, my NPR link was simply that I have a little radio next to my computer, and I turn it down real low so it doesn’t distract, but there so if a word jolts, I can turn it up and listen. It was a breaking news bulletin. It was just before Talk of the Nation — and I was listening to see if today’s topic was worth it. (was not, Juan Williams on Hillary and Obama). </p> <p>By the way, it is “Green-up Time” in Minnesota (one of my favorite Kurt Weil songs). Morning and Evening I go out and estimate the size of the new leaves on my oaks. I am sick of grey sticks.</p> Nope, my NPR link was simply that I have a little radio next to my computer, and I turn it down real low so it doesn’t distract, but there so if a word jolts, I can turn it up and listen. It was a breaking news bulletin. It was just before Talk of the Nation — and I was listening to see if today’s topic was worth it. (was not, Juan Williams on Hillary and Obama).

By the way, it is “Green-up Time” in Minnesota (one of my favorite Kurt Weil songs). Morning and Evening I go out and estimate the size of the new leaves on my oaks. I am sick of grey sticks.

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