Comments on: Tom DeLay Resigns http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:04:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Christina Phillips http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-100866 Christina Phillips Fri, 12 May 2006 16:52:55 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-100866 <p>It’s Ernie FLETCHER, and bluegrassreport.org has a lot of information on his jobtrot scam. TPM as a lot on him in their Grand Ole Docket, Kentucky files.</p> It’s Ernie FLETCHER, and bluegrassreport.org has a lot of information on his jobtrot scam. TPM as a lot on him in their Grand Ole Docket, Kentucky files.

]]> By: buck fushman http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-100489 buck fushman Fri, 12 May 2006 13:14:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-100489 <p>You will notice the order he asks god to bless things…speaker of the house, president, fellow house members, the the nation at large and nowher does he mention the constituents</p> You will notice the order he asks god to bless things…speaker of the house, president, fellow house members, the the nation at large and nowher does he mention the constituents

]]> By: jane_jericho http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99740 jane_jericho Fri, 12 May 2006 00:20:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99740 <p>According to opensecrets.org, the only Democrat in the <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.asp?Ind=B08&cycle=2006">top five US Senate recipients</a> of money from the telephone utility industry is… Hillary Clinton.</p> According to opensecrets.org, the only Democrat in the top five US Senate recipients of money from the telephone utility industry is… Hillary Clinton.

]]> By: ccmask http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99735 ccmask Fri, 12 May 2006 00:17:32 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99735 <p>Tought I’d put this here….This is the link for the Gore Wiretapping speech….</p> <p>In Martin Luther King Day address, Gore compares wiretapping of Americans to surveillance of King</p> <p><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/news/2005/Text_of_Gore_speech_0116.html">http://www.rawstory.com/news/2....._0116.html</a></p> Tought I’d put this here….This is the link for the Gore Wiretapping speech….

In Martin Luther King Day address, Gore compares wiretapping of Americans to surveillance of King

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2….._0116.html

]]> By: ccmask http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99725 ccmask Fri, 12 May 2006 00:14:08 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99725 <p>Listening in the Dark - Wiretapping and Privacy in America<br /> David Fillingham</p> <p>Paper for MIT 6.805/STS085: Ethics and Law on the Electronic Frontier, Fall 1997</p> <p> The government is charged with enforcing the law, and with protecting individual privacy rights - but of course no one values their privacy more than criminals! There is a fundamental conflict of interest between privacy and law enforcement. The history of the US Government’s attempt to reconcile these interests is long and tortured. First I’ll sketch the development of a basis for privacy, describing why it is that we feel we have such a right. Next I’ll describe the competing law enforcement and national security interests.</p> <p>Read the rest of this great tutorial on the evolution of wiretapping here…..</p> <p><a href="http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/6095/student-papers/fall97-papers/fillingham-wiretapping.html">http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/609.....pping.html</a></p> Listening in the Dark – Wiretapping and Privacy in America
David Fillingham

Paper for MIT 6.805/STS085: Ethics and Law on the Electronic Frontier, Fall 1997

The government is charged with enforcing the law, and with protecting individual privacy rights – but of course no one values their privacy more than criminals! There is a fundamental conflict of interest between privacy and law enforcement. The history of the US Government’s attempt to reconcile these interests is long and tortured. First I’ll sketch the development of a basis for privacy, describing why it is that we feel we have such a right. Next I’ll describe the competing law enforcement and national security interests.

Read the rest of this great tutorial on the evolution of wiretapping here…..

http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/609…..pping.html

]]> By: orangejumpsuit http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99724 orangejumpsuit Fri, 12 May 2006 00:14:04 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99724 <p>chisholm,35:”I think this NSA thing is the tipping point. I really do.”</p> <p>Yeah, but in which direction?</p> chisholm,35:”I think this NSA thing is the tipping point. I really do.”

Yeah, but in which direction?

]]> By: ccmask http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99720 ccmask Fri, 12 May 2006 00:10:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99720 <p>Can wiretapping evidence be used in Federal Court?</p> Can wiretapping evidence be used in Federal Court?

]]> By: everhopeful http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99710 everhopeful Fri, 12 May 2006 00:05:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99710 <p>A lawyer and internet expert on CNN just said yes, people can sue their telecom companies for giving out our private information to the government without our knowledge or consent - and that there’s a lawsuit in process against AT&T in California we should keep an eye on for clues as to how it could play out…</p> A lawyer and internet expert on CNN just said yes, people can sue their telecom companies for giving out our private information to the government without our knowledge or consent – and that there’s a lawsuit in process against AT&T in California we should keep an eye on for clues as to how it could play out…

]]> By: angie http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99708 angie Fri, 12 May 2006 00:05:11 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99708 <p>new thread– get out of my underwear drawer!</p> new thread– get out of my underwear drawer!

]]> By: Harry http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99705 Harry Fri, 12 May 2006 00:04:45 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/11/tom-delay-resigns/#comment-99705 <p>OK now I understand.<br /> They just keep the records of who is calling to whom, perhaps for how long, sometimes also the conversation, because you know, you did receive that call from American Express Bangalore India and it was kind of strange, they offer you credit and you refuse… are you crazy or a terrarist…</p> OK now I understand.
They just keep the records of who is calling to whom, perhaps for how long, sometimes also the conversation, because you know, you did receive that call from American Express Bangalore India and it was kind of strange, they offer you credit and you refuse… are you crazy or a terrarist…

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