And now we have an Attorney General who is in lockstep with the White House: In his second day on the job, Attorney General Michael Mukasey leaped into the political fray, telling a key Democratic senator he opposes his electronic surveillance plan and would recommend the president veto it if it is passed. In a […]
All the arguments last year over the warrentless wiretapping, and all the spin by wingnuts to say it is legal has now come to an end: President George W. Bush has decided not to reauthorize the controversial domestic warrantless surveillance program for terrorism suspects and to put it under the authority of a secret special […]
Sounds like that pussy Specter is bowing down to the big old bully called Dick Cheney now: The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has proposed legislation that would give President Bush the option of seeking a warrant from a special court for an electronic surveillance program such as the one being conducted by the […]
A man who really knows something about Presidential crimes is now saying it’s time for Congress to hold inquiries into Bush. That man is none other than Carl Bernstein: Worse than Watergate? High crimes and misdemeanors justifying the impeachment of George W. Bush, as increasing numbers of Democrats in Washington hope, and, sotto voce, increasing […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) — A former NSA employee said Tuesday there is another ongoing top-secret surveillance program that might have violated millions of Americans’ Constitutional rights. Russell D. Tice told the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations he has concerns about a “special access” electronic surveillance program that […]
This was just released by the Department of Justice in order to reaffirm claims by Alberto Gonzalez that electronic surveillance has been critical throughout history. This evidence should provide a harsh blow to Democrats trying to say the domestic spying is illegal.
The following is a short clip of Gonzalez saying ” President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authroized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale”. Clip (Windows Media Format)
Senator Grassley has just said he can not understand why their is no outcry over the leaking of this program as compared to the outcry of the Valerie Plame leak. Can this guy be serious or is a member of the judiciary committee that blind to the law? He also said that if hypothetically the […]
The conservative magazineInsight gives us a story that makes the left drool: The Bush administration is bracing for impeachment hearings in Congress. “A coalition in Congress is being formed to support impeachment,” an administration source said. Sources said a prelude to the impeachment process could begin with hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee in February. […]
The Associated Press is debunking the lies of the right when they try to say Clinton broke the FISA law in the Aldrich Ames case 12 years ago. [Scott] McClellan said the Clinton-Gore administration had engaged in warrantless physical searches, and he cited an FBI search of the home of CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames without […]