KenP
08-23-2006, 07:51 PM
Someone screwed up:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/washington/23judge.html?hp&ex=1156305600&en=655f19d78b0e7342&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Conflict of Interest Is Raised in N.S.A. Ruling
By ERIC LICHTBLAU (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/eric_lichtblau/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
Published: August 23, 2006
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 ? The federal judge who ruled last week that President Bush?s eavesdropping program was unconstitutional is a trustee and an officer of a group that has given at least $125,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/american_civil_liberties_union/index.html?inline=nyt-org) in Michigan, a watchdog group said Tuesday.
The group, Judicial Watch (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/j/judicial_watch/index.html?inline=nyt-org), a conservative organization here that found the connection, said the link posed a possible conflict for the judge, Anna Diggs Taylor, and called for further investigation.
?The system relies on judges to exercise good judgment, and we need more information and more explanation about what the court?s involvement was in support of the A.C.L.U.,? said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, which gained attention in the 1990?s for ethics accusations against President Bill Clinton (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/bill_clinton/index.html?inline=nyt-per).
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/washington/23judge.html?hp&ex=1156305600&en=655f19d78b0e7342&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Conflict of Interest Is Raised in N.S.A. Ruling
By ERIC LICHTBLAU (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/eric_lichtblau/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
Published: August 23, 2006
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 ? The federal judge who ruled last week that President Bush?s eavesdropping program was unconstitutional is a trustee and an officer of a group that has given at least $125,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/american_civil_liberties_union/index.html?inline=nyt-org) in Michigan, a watchdog group said Tuesday.
The group, Judicial Watch (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/j/judicial_watch/index.html?inline=nyt-org), a conservative organization here that found the connection, said the link posed a possible conflict for the judge, Anna Diggs Taylor, and called for further investigation.
?The system relies on judges to exercise good judgment, and we need more information and more explanation about what the court?s involvement was in support of the A.C.L.U.,? said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, which gained attention in the 1990?s for ethics accusations against President Bill Clinton (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/bill_clinton/index.html?inline=nyt-per).