Re: [privacy] Federal Judge Orders End to Wiretap Program

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

This was a lawsuit - very rarely does anyone go to prison as a result
of such civil cases.

I ask you, the last time the SC judged a law to be unconstitutional
did the lawmakers of that law go to prison?

And as to your first statement - if the judge held that the data must
be destroyed, then it must (*IF* the decision is upheld).

On 8/17/06, Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:
> > We shall see if it holds, but once again our justice system is working
> > as it should.
>
>
> If our system is working as it should two things need to happen:
>
> 1: the NSA should be ordered to destroy the data gathered illegally
>
> and, most importantly,
>
> 2: people need to spend time in prison.
>
> If elected officials are breaking the law. and the only backlash is
> "stop doing that", I dont think the govt officials will fear the law.
> I think it would be nice to put the fear of law back into "our"
> elected officials :-)
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