I'm a liberal and ready to get Bush any way I can, but

Is it just me or does this lawyer make you think of Jackie Chiles?

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If Bush were smart (which he isn't), he'd send Alberto and Harriet down there ASAP to represent this man.

If a lawsuit on behalf of this bozo were to go forth, I'm positive that it would immediately and thoroughly rally much of the public to Bush's side. If this guy ends up being exonerated via a "fruit of the poisonous tree" ruling, people will be outraged to the point that they'll accept any "law and order" initiatives that these fascists propose.

I hope this case disappears quietly.

I'm not a legal scholar, but I'm fairly certain that you can't sue the President of the United States unless he agrees to waive immunity granted to him under Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity.

Pursuing this case would be a typically dumb-ass move on the part of Democrats.Just picture this case before the current Supreme Court and guess what would happen.

This plan is so brilliant, only Karl Rove could have dreamed it up. Karl? did you write this article? Don't be shy!

Wouldn't they be more sympathetic plaintiffs that this guy?

What about the PETA people? I understand wiretaps were used against people in PETA.

That's not such a large organization; maybe there is some way to check the phones of its more militant members for clicks.

We need someone INNOCENT, for crying out loud, not some nutcase terrorist who is communicating with Bin Laden about blowing up the Brooklyn Bridge.

Jan VanDenBerg

Does the trial of Saddam Hussein hurt the Democrats somehow? I don't think so. It makes Bush look pretty stupid. (Hussein is on trial for ordering the deaths of over one hundred Kurds. Don Rumsfeld shook his hand and wished him well. The Bush led invasion has killed tens of thousands of Iraqi's) This trial doesn't require the approval of the Democrats in Congress. The man may be guilty be he deserves a fair trial. Unless maybe you're all afraid of what Bill O'Reilly thinks?

I have an attorney friend who called a soldier in a hotel in the middle east approximately 2 years ago. The call provoked an unusual response to her law offices. Someone would have to prove it was W's illicit government. We suspect it was. I wonder if she'd be a good plaintiff against W?

If the problem is finding an innocent American who was spied upon by the NSA without warrant, try thinking like an NSA investigator. Who would be wiretapped immediately after 9-11? Who did the NSA think was dangerous? Arab-Americans, men, between the ages of 18 and 36 (military age), who frequent services at the more radical American mosques, is a good starting place. Richard Clarke's book explains these mosques had been under observation pre-9-11, in connection with terrorism, so the places and supposedly dangerous persons were already known to the anti-terrorism community. Surely they were tapped.

Next, we saw in news reports soon after 9-11 that certain people were questioned or held, because they made or received phone calls congratulating or cheering positively the terrorist acts. How do you think the govt learned about their calls? If they were not previously under FISA-approved surveillance, then these are candidates, too.

Finally, perhaps an Arab American will come forward saying they had received phone calls from relatives in the Arab World, and were soon questioned about it. How else would the govt know? (unless it was FISA approved.) I wonder if any of these citizens would be courageous enough to come forward? Probaby the govt agents told them it is illegal for them to reveal that they were questioned? I wouldn't be surprised by such intimidation.

I don't care what Bill O'Reilly thinks. Let this man have his day in court.

Thank you, Davy, for succintly articulating my thoughts.

Greetings,

What's so new about powerful people eavesdropping on American citizens? Who in government really cares? What lawyer is brave and rich enough to take powerful eavesdroppers to court? Vacuuous questions.

Charles Schwab of the Charles Schwab Corporation had his lackies hacking into my computer and stealing my e-mail for almost a year. Since Aug 2002 I have reported Schwab's illegal activities to all levels of government, including many letters to Bush. I have met with the FBI several times and have provided ample evidence to prove Schwab's illegal activities. The results have been that no one in our government has ever talked with me about investigatin Charles Schwab. And no lawyer is willing to take action against Schwab because of his money and power--they fear they'll broke trying.

Import issue here is that the Bush Administration has supported and covered up the Charles Schwab activities--just as they do with all their other corrupt friends. Can you believe? George Bush has recently announced that he supports Tom DeLay and feels he will be cleared of all the charges. The stark truth is that the people of the US do not have a government that works on their behalf or for their welfare. Those days are long gone...

Wayne Pierce

Wayne Pierce

I would like to add that I sought help from the ACLU concerning Charles Schwab's computer hacking. Though interested, they told me they could not take the case due to insufficient funding.

After learning that my computer had been hacked into for many months, I was amazed to learn that nobody cares. I reported the illegal activities to our city police department, local FBI, county disctrict attorney, governor of Oregon, US Department of Justice, leaders in US Congress, and our president who says he was elected to protect us and make us secure--President George Bush. The only responses I received were from our police chief and governor; both recommended that I seek help from an attorney. Of course, everyone knows that no attorney in his right mind will go up against a billionaire unless the crime resulted in huge financial losses or bodily harm.

The fact of life in the US is that there is no one in our various levels of government willing to challenge the wealthy class.

By the way, in the past few years I have written to most major news outlets to see if any of these aggressive reporters wanted to investigate my story and allegations agains Charles Schwab. Included Larry King, Dan Rather, etc. I did not even receive the courtesy of a response. Only the people who experiences with powerful people and our government know the truth about our justice system. For the rest, most of what we believe is based upon fantasy.

Wayne Pierce