U.S. defends new Internet wiretap rules in appeals court

This will, of course, be appealed to the Supremes, where Alito, Scalia, Thomas and Roberts will all wet on their robes in their excitement to make Bush Emperor; or rather, to put the Judicial stamp on what already is.

U.S. defends new Internet wiretap rules in appeals court:

"WASHINGTON: A U.S. appeals panel challenged the Bush administration Friday over new rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls. One judge told the government its courtroom arguments were 'gobbledygook' and invited its lawyer to return to his office and 'have a big chuckle.'

The skepticism expressed so openly toward the government's case during a hearing in U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia emboldened a broad group of civil liberties and education groups who argued that the U.S. improperly applied telephone-era rules to a new generation of Internet services."