FISA court hearing scheduled on Monday...they are demanding answers

[Oilwellian]

Shortly after the New York Times publicized the president's
domestic-spying-without-a-warrant program, over 160,000 Americans
signed a Freedom of Information Act Request along with Governor Dean
in an attempt to determine just why President Bush believed he had the
authority to undermine the Constitution. Earlier today Joe Sandler, DNC
attorney, delivered each and every one of those FOIA requests to the
Department of Justice. Here are some of the photos:


Governor Dean standing next to 160,000 signed Freedom of Information Act
requests at DNC Headquarters in Washington, D.C.



Governor Dean adding his signature to one of 160,000 FOIA requests.


Outside of the Justice Department building in Washington, D.C.


(ROFL...this one cracks me up, look at the poor girl's face)
DNC Attorney Joe Sandler inside the Department of Justice
about to drop off 160,000 Freedom of Information Act Requests.

(Via email)

The Justice Department has to respond within 20 days. But we may
hear from them sooner -- a judge on the secret Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court, which exists to provide a crucial check on executive
power while allowing maximum flexibility to our intelligence services,
has demanded the administration explain the supposed legal authority for
this domestic spying program. The hearing will take place on Monday.

http://www.democrats.org/blog.html

[savemefromdumbya]

1. I signed

[annabanana]

2. Hey! One of those is MINE!

I am looking forward to hearing from them.

[FreedomAngel82]

13. Was that the petition he had on the DNC site?

If so I remember signing that.

[annabanana]

27. yup . . .yours is in that pile too! . . . .. . . . . n/t

[Seabiscuit]

28. One of those is mine too! n/t

[madfloridian]

3. That is great, but where did you see about the Monday hearing?

I just did a search and did not see anything.

I love the look on that girl's face. Priceless, like oh no.

[Oilwellian]

5. I received an email from democrats.org

with the link to this blog entry and the paragraph was in the email.

[madfloridian]

24. I found mine. I had sent it to my DFA folder instead of DNC.

I guess the meeting will be private, or not really publicized.

[bonito]

4. Got one there too, Kick!!!

[bonito]

6. Another link here

bushcommission.org

[Lochloosa]

7. PNAC meet the INTERNET

fuckers

[bonito]

8. !!!

[FogerRox]

21. PNAC meet the wrath of DU & Dr Dean

PNAC meet this--- :nuke:

[annabanana]

9. nominated.... (just for Dean's GRIN!)

[Rowdyboy]

10. Deserving of the Greatest Page!

Nominated

[Rainscents]

11. I am on the list too!!!

[madfloridian]

12. Here's the direct link to the FOIA post.

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/01/delivering_the.php

[FredStembottom]

14. Nice to see the actual pile!

I'm in there somewhere!!

Dang! I'm proud to be "in" that picture with Dean!:puffpiece:

[Critters2]

17. Me too!!

:kick:

[FredStembottom]

25. Reform is FUN!

....and scary and worrying.

BUT.....

....also FUN!

[Oilwellian]

15. It's hard to find anything about the hearing

Sounds like it's going to be a "private" affair.

Other judges contacted yesterday said they do not plan to resign but are seeking more information about the president’s initiative. Presiding Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who also sits on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, told fellow FISA court members by e-mail Monday that she is arranging for them to convene in Washington, preferably early next month, for a secret briefing on the program, several judges confirmed yesterday.

Two intelligence sources familiar with the plan said Kollar-Kotelly expects top-ranking officials from the National Security Agency and the Justice Department to outline the classified program to the members.

The judges could, depending on their level of satisfaction with the answers, demand that the Justice Department produce proof that previous wiretaps were not tainted, according to government officials knowledgeable about the FISA court. Warrants obtained through secret surveillance could be thrown into question. One judge, speaking on the condition of anonymity, also said members could suggest disbanding the court in light of the president’s suggestion that he has the power to bypass the court.

http://www.guerrillanews.com/headlines/6753/Judges_on_Surveillance_Court_To_Be_Briefed_on_Spy_Program

[me b zola]

16. The young woman's face was the first thing that I saw in the last pic

Poor girl is right. She's prolly worried that she will be swept up in some legal action along with her criminal bosses.

[NanceGreggs]

18. Mine's in there, too ...

... it's the four thousandth and fifty-third from the top of the pile! WOW!

All kiddin' aside, it makes you proud, don't it?

[fooj]

19. This is just AWESOME!!!

We are coming, Little Lord Pissypants. We are coming.

Peace.

[flyarm]

20. wow how did i miss this ? is there any place i can fill out a foia?? n/t

[Chimichurri]

22. These pictures are AWESOME!

They gave me chills and brought a tear to my eye.

I LOVE DEAN!!!

My name is in that box somewhere

[livvy]

23. Mine's in there, too! n/t

[texpatriot2004]

26. Thank you Howard Dean. You speak for me. n/t

[greiner3]

29. I went to the NSA web site;

And filed a Freedon of Information Act request of my own. If anyone wants to do it, on the NSA site there is a button on the left for FOIA. Click on it and fill in the form. Careful though. They leave a data mining cookie on your computer that I, for one, would erase as soon as possible. I just tried to get on again and they are having server problems or so many people are trying to get their own FOIA requests. :rofl:

[chat_noir]

30. FOIA flowchart

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/foia/foia_flowchart.pdf

"(Agency may take 1 month to 10+ years to respond)"

[toymachines]

31. Free the Information!