Glenn Greenwald Proven to be Wrong
Truth be told, not only Greenwald but almost all liberal bloggers, including Conclub’s own Andre the Defiant, have now been slapped down by American courts.
[NOTE: I apologize for the absence of links; the communications I reference here pre-dated ConClub's transition to WordPress and its search capabilities.]
When it was revealed that the Bush administration was trying to eavesdrop on terrorists, many commentators offered their analysis of the legalities involved. At the time, Glenn Greenwald insisted that the program was clearly illegal, and that anyone who argued otherwise was lying.
Andre bought this line of reasoning, prompting me to do two things: 1) I utterly refuted Glenn Greenwald’s embarrassingly ignorant legal arguments, and 2) I stated that I welcomed a Supreme Court analysis because I promised that the Court would uphold the program.
After a radical Detroit judge initially ruled against the plan in an opinion that was almost universally recognized as ignorant, Greenwald and others bragged, but I all-but-guaranteed that the Supreme Court would jettison the comical Detroit opinion and ultimately uphold the intelligence program.
Now, in a slightly-reported decision, everything I said would happen, did. The program is legal, and the Greenwald assertion that suggested that anyone who thought otherwise was a rogue conspirator, has been proven (as I said at the time) to be the ravings of a lunatic.
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DFV the Scribe
Andre the Defiant
Wes
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Drowning Creek
Wait, I thought the decision was just that you can’t sue someone if you not only prove damages, but cannot prove you’ve been wronged. Not whether it was legal or illegal. Is there something further in the actual decision?
Wes
26 Feb 08 at 6:39 am
Not really. This was just the mechanism the ACLU used to try to stop the program. The lawsuit sought an injunction on the plan, which the Detroit judge granted and the Appeals Court immediately stayed. This kills the ACLU’s attempt to shut down the program.
DFV the Scribe
26 Feb 08 at 9:07 pm