Only Known Target of NSA Eavesdropping-Says:"Happy to Sue Bush".

[kpete]

Lawsuit against Bush?
The attorney for the only known target of NSA eavesdropping says his client would be happy to sue the president.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/23/nsa/index_np.html


Be Careful What You Wish For


In the wake of the disclosure that the Bush administration had been conducting surveillance on American citizens without legal authority, defenders of the practice actually had one plank in its argument that wasn't spurious on its face. Rolling the dice that no with standing would try, they shrugged and said, "So sue us!"

Well, as luck would have it, the only known-by-name target of the extralegal wiretap program, Iyman Faris, is reported to be considering taking the President to court. Faris, who pled guilty to working with al-Qaeda in a plot to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge in October 2003, is lawyer-shopping with the help of his criminal defense attorney in the hopes he may get his charges overturned. Faris withdrew his guilty plea ahead of sentencing in the Brooklyn Bridge case, claiming that he only admitted to wrongdoing to secure a book deal -- thus accounting for every possible stupid reason to get mixed up with al-Qaeda except, perhaps, for attempting to impress Jodie Foster.

Wonkette, by the way recently obtained a brief transcript of the recordings collected by those wiretaps, and, based upon Mr. Faris' appearance, we were not surprised when it read, "No! Stop! The numbers are bad! The numbers are bad!"— DCEIVER

http://www.wonkette.com/

[babylonsister]

1. Doesn't Bill Richardson, NM gov, think he's been spied on, too? nt

[JuniperLea]

2. That's just great

So I'm guessing here... not only is the snooping illegal, but evidence obtained in that illegal manner is illegally obtained and therefore no admissible in court?

Give it up, W. Ya freakin' dumbass loser.

[Armstead]

3. I'm hoping this is satire

Someone who pled guilty to get a book deal would be a poster boy for the defenders of the practice.