Monday, December 19, 2005

Radical militant librarians



Her?



Well, maybe her. . .



These guys?



Or maybe these gals?

Dangerous crew, all of them. They're striking terror into the hearts of seasoned FBI men

There was an internal FBI email sent in October 2003 that speaks volumes about why our legal system has been arranged the way it has. An unnamed agent was railing via email against the Department of Justice's Office of Intelligence Policy and Review. Specifically, the agent was frustrated by OIPR's failure to deliver authorization to use Section 215 of the Patriot Act for a search. "While radical militant librarians kick us around, true terrorists benefit from OIPR's failure to let us use the tools given to us," wrote the agent.

Radical militant librarians?

Radical militant librarians?

This, right here, is why the legal system is arranged the way it is. This is why officers must obtain warrants from a judge before they can conduct a search. Even in this time of watered-down civil liberties, warrants serve a vital purpose. At a minimum, the warrant firewall keeps walleyed FBI agents with wild hairs about radical militant librarians from bulldozing through the Fourth Amendment.


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Thanks Edwin

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank the Lord, West Virginia has sent the Senate not just smart men, but men of honor.

Senator Rockefeller's discrete objection to the over-reaching by the Administration to spy on innocent Americans is reassuring. Though the realization that our nation can be taken so far down the path to tyranny in so few years is most distressing.

The only hope now is that we can right the ship of state by ourselves. Impeachment is a messy process; de-selection would have been neater. But, there it is.

See Sen. Rockefeller's hand-written letter at http://hannah.smith-family.com

Anonymous said...

It is so nice to see so many Americans refusing to get out of their pre-9/11 mindset.

When will they ever learn that they will be the ones to help create another 9/11. However, that time the consequences may be much more deadly.

puddle said...

"Those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin