American Conscience?
It’s important to recognize when such a trait dares emerge from the current climate of overwhelming jingoism, fear and criminality.
Story from Reuters
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge has resigned from the court that oversees government surveillance in intelligence cases in protest of U.S. President George W. Bush’s authorization of a domestic spying program, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.Citing two sources, the newspaper reported U.S. District Judge James Robertson, one of 11 members of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, known as FISA, sent his resignation to Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday.
The Post said the resignation letter gave no explanation for Robertson stepping down. Robertson declined comment when reached on Tuesday, the newspaper said.
...The Post said Robertson indicated privately to colleagues in recent conversations that he was concerned that information gained from warrantless National Security Agency surveillance could have then been used to obtain FISA warrants.
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