chalk up another win for the good guys

recent legal defeats for Patriot Act powers should make one pause and reflect on the implications of a 2nd term Bush Supreme Court appointment (or three).

From Reuters:

> Surveillance powers granted to the FBI under the Patriot Act, a
> cornerstone of the Bush Administration's war on terror, were ruled
> unconstitutional by a judge on Wednesday in a new blow to U.S.
> security policies.
>
> U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero, in the first decision against
> a surveillance portion of the act, ruled for the American Civil
> Liberties Union in its challenge against what it called "unchecked
> power" by the FBI to demand confidential customer records from
> communication companies, such as Internet service providers or
> telephone companies.

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