Stop Warrantless Wiretaps - Judge Anna Diggs Taylor

Via WDIV Detroit. Ruling in favor of the ACLU on behalf of Arab-Americans in the Detroit area and others who claim that the mere existence of the program violates their free speech and privacy rights by making them reluctant to speak freely, due to fear of having their private conversations illegally intercepted by the Bush administration. DETROIT -- A federal judge said Thursday that a federal warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional Thursday and ordered that it be immediately halted. The judge in U.S. District Court in Detroit is the first to strike down the National Security Agency's program. Judge Anna Diggs Taylor said it violates the rights to free speech and privacy and that it also goes against the separation of powers in the Constitution. I am confident there will be appeal after appeal in this case as will the cry from the right-wing wackos about those "activist judges".