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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 01:00 AM
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Spy court judge quits in protest.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10538136/

U.S. District Judge James Robertson, one of 11 members of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, sent a letter to Chief Justice John D. Roberts Jr. late Monday notifying him of his resignation without providing an explanation.


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Two associates familiar with his decision said yesterday that Robertson privately expressed deep concern that the warrantless surveillance program authorized by the president in 2001 was legally questionable and may have tainted the FISA court's work.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 01:03 AM
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1. He only became a judge so that he could embarrass Bush.
Stinkin' liberals.
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Mind_your_head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 01:05 AM
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2. hmmm.....I don't understand this one n/t
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