The FISA Court came out today in a rare public notification of one of its decisions to smack down the ACLU – probably to make it clear it doesn’t want to see anymore frivolous and politically motivated law suits. Jay over at Stop The ACLU has the story:

Writing for the court, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates refused. Releasing the documents would reveal closely guarded secrets that enemies could used to evade detection or disrupt intelligence activities, he said. Sources could be outed, targets could be tipped off and diplomatic relations could be damaged.

In other words ” ACLU, stop screwing around you are endangering many, many lives”. This humiliating smack down is meant to send a signal – and it will. Any one who still supports the ACLU out of some belief they still do good in this country should now re-assess that support. An organization that tries to undermine our national security and foreign policy, and is willing to go to such lengths as to risk lives, should be cut off from public support. Especially given the fact the public the ACLU gets its support from are the ones most likely to be killed by the ACLUs clumsy actions.