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Subpoenas Issued Over NSA Warrantless Wiretapping

Posted by kdawson on from the i-tell-you-nine-times dept.

Spamicles writes "The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to subpoena documents from the Bush Administration related to the government's admitted eavesdropping on Americans' overseas emails and phone calls without getting court approval. In a 13-3 vote, the Committee decided to authorize its chairman to issue subpoenas for documents related to the NSA warrantless surveillance program. Nearly any request is going to be met with tough resistance from the White House, and the confrontation over the documents 'could set the stage for a constitutional showdown over the separation of powers.'"

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  1. Re:The defeatocrats are the terrorists best ally by poopdeville · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes. The terrorists.

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    After all, I am strangely colored.
  2. Re:Write committee, wrong body. by Kandenshi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm not American, nor familiar with your laws, but I keep seeing this point(President Cheney) brought up as a reason to not impeach Bush. Sort of a "Hey, he's the lesser of several evils" arguement I suppose.

    Is there honestly no method to simultaneously impeach them? Knock off both at once, and then the next guy in the line of succession takes their place. Or are you just worried that one will suceed and the other fail? Is the THIRD guy in line for the presidency ALSO an ass even bigger than Bush? It seems hard to believe that many despicable people would get elected :P Surely you'd hit a worthy guy eventually.