Global War on Terror Watch: Appeals Court Supports President Bush on Wiretaps

President Bush, right, drives Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen in ‘Golf Cart One’ after he welcomed him at Camp David, Md., Friday, June 9, 2006 outside Washington.

ASSociated Press: Appeals court backs Bush on wiretaps

A federal appeals court sided with the Bush administration Friday on an electronic surveillance issue, making it easier to tap into Internet phone calls and broadband transmissions.

The court ruled 2-1 in favor of the Federal Communications Commission, which says equipment using the new technologies must be able to accommodate police wiretaps under the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, known as CALEA.

Judge David Sentelle called the agency’s reading of the law a reasonable interpretation. In dissent, Judge Harry Edwards said the FCC gutted an exemption for information services that he said covered the Internet and broadband.

So, the leftie judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter, wants an exception so Al Qaeda can use VOIP without impunity? What about Dimbat Senators like Patrick Leahy?

Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, primary sponsor of CALEA, called the court’s decision contrary to congressional intent, saying it stretches a law written for “the telephone system of 1994 to cover the Internet of 2006.”

Blah Blah Blah Leahy supports little that is good for America’s security. He is worried about Nixon and Watergate type spying. He is like an ostrich with his head in the sand.

Wake up Senator. There are Islamofascists who want to KILL us.

The 60’s and 70’s are OVER.

The swing vote in favor the the decison was made by newly appointed appeals court justice, Janice Rogers Brown.

Federal Appeals Court Justices Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown.

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