Memo Released >> Alito Defended Officials From Wiretap Suits

[sabra]

http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2005/12/23/ap/headlines/d8em2csg0.txt

Alito Defended Officials From Wiretap Suits



WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito defended the right of government officials to order domestic wiretaps when he worked for the Reagan Justice Department, documents released Friday show.

He advocated a step by step approach to strengthening the hand of officials in a 1984 memo to the solicitor general. The strategy is similar to the one that Alito espoused for rolling back abortion rights at the margins.

The release of the memo by the National Archives comes when President Bush is under fire for secretly ordering domestic spying of suspected terrorists without a warrant. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has promised to question Alito about the administration's program.

The memo dealt with whether government officials should have blanket protection from lawsuits when authorizing wiretaps. "I do not question that the attorney general should have this immunity," Alito wrote. "But for tactical reasons, I would not raise the issue here."

[CottonBear]

1. The plot thickens.

Alito is (and has been for a long time) right in the thick of the inner workings of the facist neo-con cabal.
:scared: He must not be appointed to the SCOTUS.

[chat_noir]

2. DU Research Forum needs to be updated with this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x246

[w8liftinglady]

3. it's all starting to make sense now....

[w8liftinglady]

4. yahoo's link-rate it up

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051223/ap_on_go_su_co/alito;_ylt=AnCCY4dWsQ1cDcobBEFTyNys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-

maybe people will finally start putting 2 and 2 together...

[emulatorloo]

5. Well isn't this "area of expertise" fascinating! THESE CROOKS MUST BE

STOPPED.

[greiner3]

6. Alito reads like a real scum-bag! n/t