Posted on 01/20/2006 7:36:18 PM PST by groanup
Alpharetta lawyer sues Bush over wiretaps
By CARLOS CAMPOS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 01/21/06
An Alpharetta man filed a federal lawsuit on Friday against President Bush, claiming the administration's secret wiretapping program aimed at nabbing terrorists is unconstitutional.
Mark Guzzi, 40, claims that the government's surveillance of telephone and Internet communications violates his First Amendment protection of free speech and the Fourth Amendment's right to privacy. Guzzi is a lawyer for the state Department of Corrections, but he said he filed the lawsuit as a private citizen.
The lawsuit names President Bush, the National Security Agency and the NSA's director as defendants.
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Guzzi said Friday he has developed friendships overseas, before the 2001 terrorist attacks, and worries that communications with those friends are being monitored.
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It was not unusual for him to discuss topics such as the mindset of terrorists, suicide bombings, the United States' approach to the war on terror, the war in Iraq and other related subjects in the course of a typical conversation — particularly since his friends are both of Middle Eastern descent, he said.
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Guzzi said he has no way of knowing whether he was actually monitored, since the program is secret.
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Guzzi emphasized that his lawsuit has nothing to do with his position as assistant general counsel — the No. 2 lawyer — for the Georgia Department of Corrections. Guzzi also said the lawsuit is not politically motivated and that he supports the war on terror and the goal of apprehending terrorists. He simply objects to the wiretapping, claiming that the administration is pursuing terrorists at the expense of his civil liberties and the American form of government.
Staff writer Bill Rankin contributed to this article.
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Some people will do anything for 15 minutes of fame.
I'm sure we'll be seeing him on the Today show Monday morning, Hannity and Colmes Monday night....
Me thinks he doth protest too much.
This might turn out to be a good thing. Bring it before the Supreme Court. Let them decide if the President acted accordingly. And when they do decide, and the leftist libs go nuts about it, they will look that much more stupid.
Well I'm not an attorney, but I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express some time ago.
This case will be tossed. I would think the loon would have to at least have some proof of damages.
Forget damages. He has to prove standing.
He's not sueing because he thinks he was wiretapped. He is sueing because he thinks the President's use of it without warrants is unconstitutional. Of course he is wrong, and maybe he does need to be wiretapped just to get some humorous material from when Ted calls and congratulates him.
This idiot, who calls himself a sort of a Lawyer should know that you can not sue the Government and/or a sitting President no matter what!
It looks to me that this pompous schmuck is just grand standing to place himself in the lime light!
Do you ever wonder who wrote the "patriot" act?
I did. Then I found that a vietnamese ( from north or south I dont know) and son of a russian immigrant wrote it.
I don't know, is it just a coincidence that a guy from nam and a russian descendant wrote the act which takes away our civil liberties for a non existent security?
I know. But still, sometimes I just can't but wonder when I do the research to discover just who it is that would write such an unconstitutional act.
So, if his friends overseas send him child pornography, is that protected speech?
Actually the article says:
Guzzi said Friday he has developed friendships overseas, before the 2001 terrorist attacks, and worries that communications with those friends are being monitored.
It was not unusual for him to discuss topics such as the mindset of terrorists, suicide bombings, the United States' approach to the war on terror, the war in Iraq and other related subjects in the course of a typical conversation — particularly since his friends are both of Middle Eastern descent, he said.
In the new world of twisted reality it just may be that child pornography is protected and national security is not.
"Well I'm not an attorney, but I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express some time ago."
How did you like the shower head?...
Actually I have never stayed in one but always loved their commercials.
Do they have those small, forceful, water-saving shower heads?
This ambulance chaser apparently has something to hide.
What are his damages?
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