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Panel Challenges Internet Wiretapping - Judge Calls Government's Arguments 'Gobbledygook'
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 08, 2006 01:20pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Monday, May 8, 2006 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A U.S. appeals panel sharply challenged the Bush administration Friday over new rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls. A judge said the government's courtroom arguments were “gobbledygook.”
The skepticism expressed so openly toward the administration's case encouraged civil liberties and education groups that argued that the U.S. is improperly applying telephone-era rules to a new generation of Internet services.
“Your argument makes no sense,” U.S. Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards told the lawyer for the Federal Communications Commission, Jacob Lewis. “When you go back to the office, have a big chuckle. I'm not missing this. This is ridiculous. Counsel!”
At another point in the hearing, Edwards told the FCC's lawyer that his arguments were “gobbledygook” and “nonsense.” |
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