ACLU says administration attempt to keep warrantless wiretapping out of court is “extremely dangerous for democracy”

Posted by Jay Goodman Tamboli on January 31, 2008 |

Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Washington Legislative Office of the ACLU, reacts to Attorney General Mukasey’s comments yesterday before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the telecommunications companies should be granted immunity in order to keep the president’s warrantless wiretapping program out of the courts. Frederickson says insulating these kinds of activity from accountability would damage us as a nation. Moreover, courts are equipped to handle sensitive and classified information. (1:46)

 
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January 31, 2008
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