# Senate Judiciary Hearings on NSA Surveillance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-judiciary-hearings-on-nsa-surveillance/343256>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 6, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-judiciary-hearings-on-nsa-surveillance/343256 "2006-02-06T17:18:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_Ava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/43a26b/32.png) [@\_Ava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Ava)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-judiciary-hearings-on-nsa-surveillance/343256/121 "2006-02-10T05:22:39Z")

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> [@Malodorous](#):
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> One hopes that Repubs in congress will remember that it might be Hillary or Howard Dean that gets to make up thier own powers in 2008, and that something more then a lot of speechifying to CSPAN will come out of the current hearings.

This is a good point that has been completely missing from discussions where I live. People in all political groups should be afraid of giving the president king-like powers.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-judiciary-hearings-on-nsa-surveillance/343256/122 "2006-02-10T19:26:47Z")

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> [@Merijeek](#):
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> What would happen in such a case were the Sheriff’s Office to say, “Sorry, that would be commenting on something ongoing. Can’t do it”?
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> -Joe

The judge would say, “Tough. Comply with the subpoena.” Some of the evidence might be sealed from public view, if the SO could show its publication would compromise an ongoing investigation; but the judge and defense counsel, at least, would get to see it.

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