s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.ca wrote:
Look, very carefully, at the last paragraph quoted above. Mr. Safdar says, "No reasonable person is objecting to the FBI's right to conduct a wiretap."
That's right. Because no reasonable person thinks they can convince Congress or the Supremes otherwise. It isn't impossible, but energies are best spent elsewhere, like getting the Burns bill passed.
The choice of words was exceedlingly poor if that's what he really meant. Though I agree that it's unlikely any LEA will give up capabilities it's grown to imagine is has a "right" to have, I haven't stopped objecting. ______c_____________________________________________________________________ Mike M Nally * Tiv^H^H^H IBM * Austin TX * pain is inevitable m5@tivoli.com * m101@io.com * <URL:http://www.io.com/~m101> * suffering is optional