RE: U.S. Government Lawyer Defends Wiretapping Program

["StyleWar" <stylewar () cox net>]

I'm not predicting... I'm saying it isn't sensational.

-

StyleWar

"The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side 
down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet" 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:08 PM
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: RE: [funsec] U.S. Government Lawyer Defends 
> Wiretapping Program
>
> I thought it was the North Koreans who are going to float 
> their nukes into our ports.  I wonder how this meme got 
> started in the first place?
>
> Richard 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: StyleWar [mailto:stylewar () cox net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:16 PM
> To: 'Richard M. Smith'; funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: RE: [funsec] U.S. Government Lawyer Defends 
> Wiretapping Program
>
> A nuke in the states isn't any more far fetched than 3 fully 
> loaded passenger jets putting the Pentagon into flames and 
> collapsing both world trade center towers was in the year 2000.
>
> Especially when one considers the context of present-day 
> Iran, which has publicly addressed the United States as The 
> Great Satan. They are actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, 
> and will be there during the next President's term...The only 
> questions are:
>
> 1. How would they keep the planning of it secret, while 
> coordinating delivery?
> &
> 2. Which port would they put it into?
>
> The answer to question number one has EVERYTHING to do with 
> the NSA telephone monitoring program...and although I'm 
> absolutely confident of my minority status on this list, I'm 
> sad to see it being hung out to dry.
>
> -
>
> StyleWar
>
>                   "Do big things"
>   
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org
> > [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:06 AM
> > To: funsec () linuxbox org
> > Subject: RE: [funsec] U.S. Government Lawyer Defends Wiretapping 
> > Program
> >
> > Tony can be contacted here at this email address:  
> > tony.coppolino () usdoj gov
> >
> > A terrorist nuke sounds pretty far fetched to me.  I also 
> don't know 
> > what it has to do with the current NSA telephone monitoring 
> programs.
> > However, I'm curious about Tony's views on how the U.S. 
> > government would handle an anonymous tip that a nuke had 
> been smuggled 
> > into DC and no one had a clue if the tip was true or not.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org
> > [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:42 PM
> > To: funsec () linuxbox org
> > Subject: [funsec] U.S. Government Lawyer Defends Wiretapping Program
> >
> > Via The Boston Globe (AP).
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > A government lawyer used a dramatic scenario of a nuclear attack on 
> > Washington to illustrate his arguments Tuesday in defense 
> of President 
> > Bush's warrantless wiretapping program.
> >
> > Anthony Coppolino, a special litigation counsel based in 
> Washington, 
> > said the Constitution gives Bush the right as commander in 
> chief to do 
> > what is necessary to surveil terrorists and stop them from 
> attacking 
> > the United States, including interrogating someone who might have 
> > information about an imminent attack.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > More:
> > http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/09/05/wiretap_
> > program_justif
> > ied_lawyer_says/
> >
> > p.s. Just as you would expect an attorney for the U.S. to do
> > -- dramatize the situation to get a point across. YMMV. :-)
> >
> > - ferg
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> >  Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net  
> > ferg's tech blog:
> > http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
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