A little bit at a time the tide is beginning to change. Today a US appeals court judge openly mocked the new rules for the FBI to permit the wiretaps of Internet phone calls. He referred to the rules as “gobbledygook”.
The skepticism expressed so openly toward the administration’s case encouraged civil liberties and education groups that argued that the U.S. is improperly applying telephone-era rules to a new generation of Internet services.”Your argument makes no sense,” U.S. Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards told the lawyer for the
Federal Communications Commission, Jacob Lewis. “When you go back to the office, have a big chuckle. I’m not missing this. This is ridiculous. Counsel!”
Brilliant!
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[tags]FBI, Wiretaps, Appeals Court, FCC[/tags]