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Renzi: Gov't Listened to GOP Leadership Meetings Through Wiretap
Lawyers for Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) have alleged in new court filings that the FBI "recorded dozens of sensitive conversations concerning House leadership races" after the 2006 elections, reports The Hill.
Days after the Democrats won control of Congress, say Renzi's lawyers, the bureau recorded part of a conference call involving the entire House Republican Conference.
"Through the discovery process, Renzi's lawyers have been informed that, a couple weeks before the 2006 election, a 30-day wiretap order was granted on the cell phone used by Renzi," The Hill reports.
According to court documents filed by Renzi's lawyers, the governement also recorded more than than 50 privileged phone calls between Renzi and his attorneys and many conversations between Renzi and his wife, violating attorney-client and spousal privilege.
In light of these violations, Renzi's attorneys called today for a U.S. District Court Judge in Arizona to dismiss the charges against the Congressman.
Renzi has been charged with conspiracy and other criminal counts in connection with his support for support for legislation concerning a land deal that allegedly netted him more than $700,000.
Josh
Zachary
Now, who could have ordered the FBI to divert time from hunting for Islamo-fascist terrorists in order to wiretap the 100% patriotic USA fascists?
And if they are wiretapping their own Congressional leaders, you don't suppose they weren't ALSO wiretapping the ostensible "opposition" leaders, the Democrats, too? I mean, what's to stop them?
When Nixon tried this, his Attorney General went to prison and Nixon himself was impeached and driven from office. But when Junior Bush does it, he gets away with it. Hell, the Democrats will probably pass an after-the-fact exoneration for him.
"Of all the cowards, no other is so cowardly as the average politician."
---Congressman C. A. Lindbergh, 1917
October 17, 2008 2:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
Who would have thought?
The Bush Administration Republicans have been wiretapping US citizens without a court order. According to this article, they are now complaining that information gathered through the use of a court ordered wiretap is "inadmissable"?
There is so much that is wrong with this picture.
If evidence gained through the use of a court ordered wiretap cannot be used, what legitimate use can there be for wiretaps that do not have the backing of a court order?
October 17, 2008 9:39 AM | Reply | Permalink