i didn't know church goers had less problems

with their houses than non-church goers. did you? i guess jesus loves good christian home owners. guess that's why he sent katrina to the heathens in new orleans


Company fined in religious discrimination case

if you think you're immune

(go look at your eyes, they're full of moon..............sorry, couldn't help that part. it's from a joni mitchell song)

i meant the 'if you think you're immune' part though. your emails, my emails. if i was suspected of committing some type of crime (which, let me tell you, I HAVE NOT) AND they got a warrant, i'm all fine with that. if there are no warrants, MY EMAILS (and stuff) ARE OFF LIMITS
period!
N.S.A.’s Intercepts Exceed Limits Set by Congress
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN

WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, government officials said in recent interviews.

Several intelligence officials, as well as lawyers briefed about the matter, said the N.S.A. had been engaged in “overcollection” of domestic communications of Americans. They described the practice as significant and systemic, although one official said it was believed to have been unintentional.

The legal and operational problems surrounding the N.S.A.’s surveillance activities have come under scrutiny from the Obama administration, Congressional intelligence committees and a secret national security court, said the intelligence officials, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because N.S.A. activities are classified. Classified government briefings have been held in recent weeks in response to a brewing controversy that some officials worry could damage the credibility of legitimate intelligence-gathering efforts.

The Justice Department, in response to inquiries from The New York Times, acknowledged Wednesday night that there had been problems with the N.S.A. surveillance operation, but said they had been resolved.............

i've written about the bogus

case against don siegelman many a time. (if you want the best scoop go to larisa alexandrovna's blog, at largely. she REALLY has researched the hell out of this mess). there is SO MUCH that was dirty about the prosecution, it isn't even funny. this is a man's LIFE we're talking about here. railroaded.....

now FINALLY the new york times has gotten on the bandwagon (how long did THAT take?)
New Twist in Appeal of Ex-Alabama Governor
By ADAM NOSSITER
New accusations have emerged during the appeal of the bribery conviction of former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama that could buttress Democrats’ claims that the case against him was politically tainted, even as he prepares to argue against his conviction in a federal appeals court in Atlanta early next month. The accusations, from a Justice Department employee, suggest that the Republican United States attorney whose office prosecuted Mr. Siegelman remained substantially involved in the case, long after she insisted that she had removed herself from it because of her partisan connections.

And the formal complaints by the employee, a legal aide in the office of the United States attorney in Montgomery, Ala., have brought to light an episode in the 2006 bribery and corruption trial that Mr. Siegelman’s lawyers now say could have led to a key juror’s removal: flirtatious messages sent by jurors to the prosecution about the marital status of an F.B.I. agent who was working with prosecutors. Other jurors have said that they felt pressured by the judge to reach a decision in order to go home and that some jury members read about the case on the Internet during the trial......