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White House Derails Attempts to End Illegal Wiretapping
P. Rivacy writes "If you recall, last month we discussed Congress's attempts to outlaw the already illegal NSA wiretaps authorized by the President. The White House is now using delaying tactics to derail the passage of that bill. Their tactic is to stall on providing documents related to the President's warrantless wiretapping program, despite requests from the Senate Intelligence Committee that is currently reviewing the proposed legislation. '"Another critical priority for congressional oversight is government wiretapping of Americans, conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and, illegally, under the President's warrantless wiretapping program," Senator Russ Feingold said. "When the program was finally placed within the FISA process, an opportunity arose for the Administration and the Congress to move forward, under the law. Unfortunately, the Administration has yet to demonstrate a real interest in doing so."'"
SadGeekHermit....LEARN SOME GD HISTORY and quit with your politican agenda. President Nixon...took the hit because he as head of the party took responsibility something you Dems have NEVER DONE!!! SOCIAL SECURITY IS YOUR FAULT, MEDICARE YOUR FAULT, FOOD STAMPS and WELFARE ALL YOUR FAULTS!!! yet you will not take the rap for it...or admit its your fault. Nixon does the honorable thing and took the fall....something your boy Clinton couldnt, wouldnt do...just like a dem. Hell Clinton wouldnt even admit that a BJ is sex.
. I love the sound of burning women and screaming rubber....
We live in a 'Consitutional Republic'; that is what our founding fathers created. This is the underlying reason why Republicans are called Republicans - because they support the Republic form of government, and Democrats support 'democracy'. Bear in mind, Republicans supported freeing the slaves, pushed desegregation, formed the ACLU, allowed women to vote; and were fought on each item by Democrats. Democrats supported slavery, democrats blocked schools to prevent desegregation efforts, and have opposed equal rights - yet now claim to have invented the idea.
Do some research, look, learn. You may be amazed.
So you choose to presume guilt instead? Hypocrite.
"God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon, Marshal of France - speaking truth to power
Everyone has assumed these wiretaps are illegal. I guess every president since Carter should have been impeached (These have been going on at least since then). No court has deemed the wiretaps illegal. It is their job to decide whether they are or not. This is ridiculous... Bush has not even been charged with a crime... and everyone is ready to impeach. What about Clinton? He was charged with purgery for presenting a false document to a grand jury... that is a felony offense. I bet none of you think he should have been impeached. Why should George Bush, who hasn't been charged with a crime let alone convincted of one even be considered for impeachment. Don't get me wrong, I don't like a lot of Bush's politics... but he is not a criminal.
The Attorney General can overide the necessity for a FISA court approval.... it's in the law. You don't like it... ask your senator to change that part of the law Under Section 4 of USSID 18, communications which are known to be to or from U.S. persons can't be intentionally intercepted without: (a) the approval of the FISA court...; OR (b) the approval of the Attorney General of the United States with respect to "communications to or from U.S. PERSONS outside the United States...international communications" and other categories of communications including for the purpose of collecting "significant foreign intelligence information." USSID 18 goes on to allow NSA to gather intelligence about a U.S. person outside the United States even without Attorney General sanction in emergencies "when securing the approval of the Attorney General is not practical because...the time required to obtain such approval would result in the loss of significant foreign intelligence and would cause substantial harm to national security."
Oh yes, it was quite intentional. I mean it as a reference to how fucking stupid the people are who signed up for the military so they could get the GI bill. Not only are they idiots because that's too much risk when you can just get a job and put yourself through college with a dramatically reduced chance of being sent to the desert and blown up with an IED because the military wouldn't send you silly string so that you could find tripwires, but they're also jackasses because if they didn't all sign up, we wouldn't have such a huge standing military, and we wouldn't have such an unparalleled ability to project our power into other countries, which we seem to have a pathological need to do whenever we can. The ability to do a thing is not sufficient justification to do it, but that doesn't seem to stop our fearless leaders in general, and especially not the current one.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
This wireless thing is a phony issue, just like the incompetent attorneys that were fired for 'not prosecuting Democrats' (not prosecuting voter fraud).
Enjoy the next two years. It's my hope that between the whackjob bloggers, stories about Haliburtan, and Fox News Channel will wip all of you guys into a suicidal rage that ends in an orgy of self-immolation. Suck it, liberals.
Is voting for Ron Paul.
Let's face it, everybody else, except perhaps Gravel, is just going to do more of the same.
What's your problem with Bush, exactly? You are just too upset that America does great without your kooky elitist self-hating hippie-dyke liberal ways.
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1. We are the safest we have ever been.
2. The terr'rists are on the run everywhere, or tied up in Iraq (as crass at it sounds, 2000 dead is indeed 'peanuts' compared to any other wars in World history).
3. Our energy security is assured for decades.
4. Our military and nuclear capabilities are at an all-time high. Or relations with China made our potential competitor into our slave and a servant.
5. The taxes are at an all-time low. The school achievement is at an all-time high.
6. Over 3/4 of currently living scientists work for the United States. And yes, you can stop slandering the President and thank him for doubling the NIH budget. 2002.01.26:President Fulfills Commitment to Doubling NIH Funding: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020126.h
No matter how much rage and venom you liberals spit up, this President has delivered a Mission well Accomplished! Just go back to smoking your pot and leave the Government to those with a clue!
Obama likes poor people so much, he wants to make more of them.
Patience, hombre. I'll get it back in 2 at least in the house - maybe within 4 in the Senate.
But please continue to loose your mind.