The judges who preside over America's secret court

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The judges who preside over America's secret court.


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WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twelve of the 14 judges who have served this year on the most secret court in America are Republicans and half are former prosecutors.

One is a former director of the Illinois State Police. Another helped direct the White House war on drugs. One served as a prosecutor in the Whitewater case involving the Clintons' real estate investments. Another forced President Bill Clinton to testify during the same scandal.

But judges of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, drawn from regular trial courts across the country, also have issued orders in public cases that belie their conservative, law-enforcement roots, sometimes ruling against the government in terrorism-related cases.

Years after the drug official - Reggie Walton - left George W. Bush's White House, he sentenced Scooter Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, to 30 months in prison for perjury. And years after Bush appointed the Whitewater prosecutor - John Bates - to the federal bench, he declared part of a law on military commissions unconstitutional.

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The judges who preside over america's secret courts.

 

[SkAoUt]

What is up with your av op? Are you in distress? Do you need assistance?

 

[renard_ruse]

What is up with your av op? Are you in distress? Do you need assistance?

Its pretty clear he/she is saying that America is in distress. What are you some sort of establishment liberal who thinks "America is on the right track" and "there's nothing wrong with today's society"? I truly hope you're not that much of a moron.

 

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What is up with your av op? Are you in distress? Do you need assistance?

op is a new nickname.

This country is and has been in distress for quite some time now.


As for me personaly...I'm use to it but I still reserve the right to bitch about it.

One of my nick's is "Trouble."

Thanks for asking.

 

[richard_daily]

This country is and has been in distress for quite some time now.

I agree. Reagan really fucked things up, and we're still recovering from it.

 

[XdOu™]

Hmmmm, interesting..

 

[SkAoUt]

Its pretty clear he/she is saying that America is in distress. What are you some sort of establishment liberal who thinks "America is on the right track" and "there's nothing wrong with today's society"? I truly hope you're not that much of a moron.

Hate to dash your hopes there rr but I am such a "moron". I truly believe the republic is not in any trouble. No more so than it was 30, 50, or 90 years ago. Not saying there aren't problems but I find it laughable that the aluminum colander hat wearing crowd finds conspiracies at every turn. Stop worrying so much and fucking get out there and live a full life mutherfucker. You're going to give yourself a jammer worrying about socialist infiltrating the government.