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Judge Resigns Over Secret Surveillance
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| 12/21/05
| GINA HOLLAND
Posted on 12/21/2005 8:37:29 AM PST by smithone
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To: smithone
Could this judge be the LEAKER and he is purposely resigning now so that he keeps his pension???
Also, if he is the leaker, this act of resignation affords him protection from the media because they will see it as going after the whistle-blower.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:51:27 AM PST
by
Kay
To: edcoil
U.S. District Judge James Robertson was appointed by Clinton in 1994. He is a Clinton hack who is approximately 68 years old and is, in fact, really retiring. This is a big political stunt! Typical disingenuous liberal.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:51:30 AM PST
by
Obadiah
To: smithone
The court "oversees government applications for secret surveillance or searches of foreigners and U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism or espionage."
They have been eavesdropping on international calls between U.S. Citizens and phones of Al Qaeda or suspected Al Qaeda contacts. Seems to fall right into the purvue of their job. So he must be resigning primarily because he's a liberal girly-man.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:51:57 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: smithone
Wonder if the old Judge decided to resign in protest because he heard the Justice Department might just be looking at who leaked valuable classified operations to the New York Traitorous-Times?
Interesting that anyone either implicated, mentioned or are under investigation attack President Bush so that when the misdeeds hit the MSM arm of the DNC will call it "Bush retaliation for criticizing the Administration."
To: horse_doc
What a great idea..........and definitely worth repeating.
:)
To: antceecee
(IBTZ???)
Why do you think as such?
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:52:13 AM PST
by
deport
(Merry Christmas; Feliz Navidad; Buon Natale; Joyeux Noël to one and all and Happy Holidays to.)
To: smithone
I think all liberal judges in this country should resign in protest. :-)
To: smithone
Help me out here.
The FISA was/is supposedly a "secret" court.
But we now know the name and other details of one of the judges who composed the "secret" court, so his involvement, at least, is no longer a secret.
So who "outed" him? Was it illegal?
To: smithone
A bit of good news to start the day. Hopefully this idiot retires so he doesn't damage some other jurisdiction.
To: dirtboy
I would bet he is the New York Times' leaker.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:53:29 AM PST
by
Galveston Grl
(Getting angry and abandoning power to the Democrats is not a choice.)
To: smithone
Robertson has been critical of the Bush administration There you have it,
and as the old saying goes..Don't let the door hit you on your way out..
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:54:13 AM PST
by
strange1
("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
To: Galveston Grl
Good point. If he's the leaker and they are on to him. He is bailing in hopes the heat dies down.
To: smithone
If only 100 more would follow.
To: smithone
the Post said the judge had indicated he was concerned that information gained from the warrantless surveillance under Bush's program subsequently could have been used to obtain warrants under the FISA program.So what? You get evidence that the earlier calls to Pakistan sure enough involved plans to blow up Americans and this slime ball clintoon crony says "no warrant, buddy-- you got this info improperly"
So the Judge gets to raise a political stink by quitting FISA, but you can bet he stays on as a Federal Judge. Worthless POS.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:56:10 AM PST
by
San Jacinto
(Hearing something on the network news is reason enough to disbelieve it.)
To: smithone
An aide to Robertson said the resignation letter submitted to Chief Justice John Roberts was not being released. Robertson did not step down from his district judgeship in Washington. Not being released?
White House press secretary Scott McClellan would not comment on Robertson's reported resignation or the reasons cited for his departure. "Judge Robertson did not comment on the matter and I don't see any reason why we need to," McClellan said.
No one is commenting?
I give it a week until someone gets a copy and leaks it to the MSM.
To: smithone
When he resigns his lifetime appointment, he just resigned from the FISA court, don't confuse the two, then it will actually mean something.
It's just a tryout for useful idiot flavor of the month. He got overturned and it pi$$ed him off.
Good riddance.
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posted on
12/21/2005 8:58:44 AM PST
by
Tarpon
Comment #37 Removed by Moderator
To: smithone
another Leftie judge resigns?
EXCELLENT!
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:02:30 AM PST
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: All
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:05:48 AM PST
by
smithone
To: leftcoaster
The FISA was/is supposedly a "secret" court.
But we now know the name and other details of one of the judges who composed the "secret" court, so his involvement, at least, is no longer a secret.
I don't know who the judges are but here is a section from the law.... It says 'publicly designate'..... Thus I would take that to mean they are known to the public....
[....1803. Designation of judges
Release date: 2005-03-17
(a) Court to hear applications and grant orders; record of denial; transmittal to court of review
The Chief Justice of the United States shall publicly designate 11 district court judges from seven of the United States judicial circuits of whom no fewer than 3 shall reside within 20 miles of the District of Columbia who shall constitute a court which shall have jurisdiction to hear applications for and grant orders approving electronic surveillance anywhere within the United States under the procedures set forth in this chapter, except that no judge designated under this subsection shall hear the same application for electronic surveillance under this chapter which has been denied previously by another judge designated under this subsection. If any judge so designated denies an application for an order authorizing electronic surveillance under this chapter, such judge shall provide immediately for the record a written statement of each reason of his decision and, on motion of the United States, the record shall be transmitted, under seal, to the court of review established in subsection (b) of this section. ..]
End snip
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:fel_69b7XMgJ:www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sec_50_00001803----000-.html+fisa+court+judges&hl=en
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:06:49 AM PST
by
deport
(Merry Christmas; Feliz Navidad; Buon Natale; Joyeux Noël to one and all and Happy Holidays to.)
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