Letters to the Editor
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I'm amazed and ...
Holy shit.
Plus, the computer destroying was darkly comical. What a bunch of maroons.
Good luck to you, Mr. Eisenberg. I hope justice prevails. I KNOW it should.
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Release the Document in the international press
It was stated that the document was sent to international recipients whom the DoJ did not seek to retrieve said document from. Have these international agents release the document to the press.
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Fer cripes sake have those foreigners put the doc up on teh internets
Make this whole charade as absolutely ridiculous as possible.
How can Obama and McCain know about this crap--and I'm sure they do--and betray their nation by voting for Telecom Immunity and gutting the Fourth?
WE NEED A NEW CANDIDATE.
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To anybody who has The Document:
Please send it to me. I will publish it.
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Time For A Revolt Of The Guards
If what Jon B. Eisenberg alleges is substantially true, I can't imagine how it is that Department of Justice employees like Anthony Coppolino, Erin Hogarty, and Thomas Bondy aren't abandoning their presently ordained roles as toadys for George W. Bush, in order to break this case wide open.
Presumably, they took an oath of office to protect the U.S. Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic- not an oath to collaborate in a secrecy state protecting criminal acts in high office.
Sometimes it's imperative for people to snap out of their routine focus, drop their thralldom to the impostures of hierarchy, consider what is actually happening on their watch, and take responsibility.
Is it more likely that the sky is going to fall without a surveillance state based on the dictatorial whim of the US chief executive's Will To Power- or that the rule of law in this country is going to succumb to the dry rot of apathy, and unthinking fealty to the Fuhrerprinzip?
Time for a revolt of the guards- before it's too late.
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Wow. Staggering.
Best of luck to your team in getting some justice against long odds, and take some comfort in knowing that at least a few others know that you are fighting the good fight.
ps-Am I going to have to smash my computer after I post this?
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DOJ Idiots
If the accounting of this case were not so scary, it would remind me of an implausible Keystone Cops script. But as an I.T. Professional, I find the description on page 3 of the DOJ goofballs trying to clean a hard disk to be utterly unbelievable. It makes me pray the government has more reliable procedures for destroying electronic data that could be of some actual security risk.
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PUBLISH IT!!!
Now! In international papers - send it to Glenn Greenwald. PUBLISH IT! Once it's out all over the place they can't do shit to you.
And a note to "they" from me. Fuck you. You realize once Obama is president you're all fucked. And "Just following orders" doesn't work as a defense.
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retroactive immunity unconstitutional?
I have heard it suggested by a lawyer (but IANAL, so I don't really know if it's legitimate) that the retroactive immunity that will likely be passed tomorrow would not pass constitutional muster, due to not having any sort of victim's compensation (a la the 9/11 victim's compensation fund).
Can you speak to that? And if that does seem true, would you all pursue that line of attack?
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Funnier
I'm sure this story must have been funnier in the original Russian.
Wait - you mean to tell me this happened in the US?
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FISA Nonsense
This silliness about FISA reminds me so much of Whatwater or Whitewater. The Left is going berserk over warrantless wiretapping because it resonates well in the Left echo chamber, for whatever reason, but is a non-starter to rest of us. It really does remind me of Whitewater, which went absolutely nowhere.
When Obama is #44 (McCain is a joke), he will very quietly move to the right on all significant matters related to national security which includes FISA nonsense. If it suits Obama to work around FISA in exchange for national security, he will do so in a heartbeat because he knows the art of survival and one thing that he cannot have on his watch is anything even close to a repeat of 9/11. This political reality will color everything he does even though he goes on and on about "change". He is very coy on national security matters and you can bet that his idea of "change" means more and not less national security programs (some friendly and some not-so-friendly to the Left).
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Great Story. Thank you for telling it to us
The right wing loves to demonize lawyers because they know that when we have good lawyers on our side we can battle nonsense like this.
You mentioned the EFF. They are a great organization that has a bunch of smart lawyers working with them. I've heard some of their stories battling with the government in the AT&T case. They aren't as funny as yours, but just as chilling.
I'm very grateful for dedicated lawyers like you pushing back against these naked power grabs from this administration.
I hope you win. And then I hope that there are consequences for them breaking the law. They might try and pardon themselves but if the case is wrapped up after 2009 that might prove harder than they imagine.
Good Luck!
LLAP
Spocko
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Thank You...
Your country may well never recognize what you are doing here, but I do. The fact that our somnabulant countrymen have watched idly over the past six years as our Executive Branch has so flagrantly abused its powers is beyond my comprehension. Yet you fight on- and I can only hope that your fight is not in vain. (Both for the country my children will live in, and for the security we were promised some two hundred and forty years ago...)
May you sleep well at night secure in the knowledge that you have done your country proud, and that many of us are proud of you. Your country has abused your common sense and your wisdom with abandon and little or no remorse, yet you remain an eloquent and passionate defender of same. I only wish I were capable of such magnanimity and otherwise unworldy patience.
Safe Travels,
dce
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constitution 101
back in 8th grade, mrs harrison pointed out that the founding fathers gave the power to declare war to the senate, and the power to support the army to the house of reps. unitary presidential power over foreign affairs? why was there no universal laughter from every citizen? have things changed, while i wasn't watching?
they have somewhat- politicians no longer pretend to morality, and voters no longer care. the existence of the bush regime is a precise measure of the character of the american people.
you do get the government you deserve, and you're going to get a lot more of it, for a debased electorate and a corrupt political ethos can only result in more 'bush regimes'.
i would rejoice, you richly deserve what's coming, were it not that your discomfort commonly results in bombs falling on wedding parties all around the world. what a blot on the planet you have become!