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Re: OT - Even CONSERVATIVE experts say Bush broke law
Do the democrats today ever get anything right in there efforts to discredit
the President during time of war? The current flap is politics, pure and
simple, to rile up the uniformed. The President did not listen in on
anyone, a government agency did. The President acted on advice from the
Attorney General and lawyers in the justice department that cited several
laws, including actions by past administration, that allows the government
to listen in on conversations between foreign sources and those within the
county. A quick web search will reveal such is the case, as an exception
the wiretap law passed way back in the seventies. Further authorization to
spy on terrorists was granted to the President by laws passed by the
Congress in 1998 and 2003. The only law that seems to have been broken here
was the leaking to the press, in violation of the whistle blower law, that
foreign intelligence listening was being done by the NSA. Get over it.
mike hunt
"Art" <begunaNOSPAMPLEASE@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:r%cqf.7863$3Z.4844@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...[color=blue]
> Conservative Scholars Argue Bush's Wiretapping Is An Impeachable Offense
> Conservative scholars Bruce Fein and Norm Ornstein argued yesterday on The
> Diane Rehm show that, should Bush remain defiant in defending his
> constitutionally-abusive wire-tapping of Americans (as he has indicated he
> will), Congress should consider impeaching him.
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