Saturday, May 31, 2008

exclusive…

The Yoo “Exclusivity” Opinion: More Outrageous Hackery By: emptywheel After significant efforts, Senator Whitehouse has finally gotten the Administration to declassify the fourth of the four outrageous opinions John Yoo wrote to justify the warrantless wiretap program (the other three Pixie Dust provisions basically allow the President to write his own laws). This one pertains to the exclusivity provision of FISA, which states clearly that FISA was the "exclusive means by which electronic sur