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kaiser soze
08-05-2006, 07:25 AM
"Verizon may have broken the law, and the Department of Justice is overstepping its bounds in trying to intimidate the state PUC from investigating the potential violation," said Shenna Bellows, executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union. "And I do think it sets an extraordinarily dangerous precedent for the federal government to threaten to sue the state, (which is) merely doing its job."

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0804-09.htm

What happened to "WE THE PEOPLE" ?

I am sure these records give this administration more leverage against their political foes rather than gaining them information on terrorist activity.