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Bush Claims Mail Can Be Opened Without Warrant
don_combatant writes to note that President Bush claimed new powers to search US mail without a warrant. He made this claim in a "signing statement" at the time he signed a postal overhaul bill into law on December 20. The signing statement directly contradicts part of the bill he signed, which explicitly reinforces protections of first-class mail from searches without a court's approval. According to the article, "A top Senate Intelligence Committee aide promised a review of Bush's move."
I'm not so surprised that Bush is claiming he can read mail without a warrant as I am that he can read at all.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Yes, but they have only been in power... today. Can we give them 24 hours or so?
Bush just wants to maximize his chances of winning Ed McMahon's $10 million.
Monstar L
Bush keeps pulling BS powers out of his ass based solely on letting him do whatever he wants to do at any given time.
"Hmm... I want to eavesdrop on phone calls, but as the law is written now, I can't. Fortunately, I can use my Presidential Wiretapping Power to authorize warrantless wiretapping!"
"Hmm... I want to torture prisoners to get information that, while not accurate, will support my foreign policy goals. But it's against US and international law. Aha! Super Secret Presidential Rendition Powers!"
And so on. Somebody really needs to tell Bush he can't go to Superdickery.com anymore.
Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to conviction
Yes, the new Congress will immediately pass a bill making signing statements illegal. Unfortunately, President Bush will attach a signing statement to that law invalidating it.
Thomas Jefferson badly paraphrased Ben Franklin just like everyone on Slashdot does? Neat. But I bet Alexander Hamilton modded him -1 Redundant, the bastard.
Don't blame me; I'm never given mod points.
...The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause...
There-fixed the emphasis for YOU.
Wait... oops
-William Brendel
I've changed it for you to reflect his usage of the language. (It's scarier that way.)
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
You can read our mail... if we can read yours.
Deal?
"Oh boy! Are we going to try something dangerous?"
Oh... you haven't heard? This is awkward...
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Kilgore Trout, ACTIVIST
Obviously he is not writing these signing statements.
The proof is the use of the word 'exigent'.
He has no idea what that means, and he certainly
would have misspelled it.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
... look forward to the pending constitutional crisis triggered when a Postal Inspector places an FBI agent under arrest.
YES! Finally Cheney is in charge! Now we can shoot the terrorists in the face...
Confucius say: "Man who associates with smarter men than himself is smarter than the men he associates with."
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Well then I considerify myself a dictation only in a hypertheatrical situification.
Love, George.
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...Jim.
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