Reply With Quote
This AG is a complete farce. His basic position is that whatever the president says or wants is the law.
...as he has previously alluded to another 'secret' program which, may or may not exist, that maybe far more reaching in its legal justification of wiretapping domestic phone calls made exclusively in the U.S...
NY TimesAttorney General Alberto R. Gonzales suggested on Thursday for the first time that the president might have the legal authority to order wiretapping without a warrant on communications between Americans that occur exclusively within the United States. "I'm not going to rule it out," Mr. Gonzales said when asked about that possibility at a House Judiciary Committee hearing.
The attorney general made his comments, which critics said reflected a broadened view of the president's authority, as President Bush offered another strong defense of his decision to authorize the National Security Agency to eavesdrop without warrants on international calls and e-mail messages to or from the United States. Mr. Bush, in an appearance in North Carolina, told a questioner who attacked the program that he would "absolutely not" apologize for authorizing it. "You can come to whatever conclusion you want" about the merits of the program," Mr. Bush said. "The conclusion is I'm not going to apologize for what I did on the terrorist surveillance program."
At the House hearing, Mr. Gonzales faced tough questioning from Democrats and Republicans but declined to discuss many operational details. Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., the Wisconsin Republican who is chairman of the Judiciary Committee and one of the administration's staunchest allies, accused the administration of "stonewalling."
"Mr. Attorney General, how can we discharge our oversight responsibilities if every time we ask a pointed question, we're told that the answer is classified?" Mr. Sensenbrenner asked. "Congress has an inherent cons utional responsibility to do oversight. We are attempting to discharge those responsibilities." The House and Senate have conducted limited inquiries into the surveillance program, which many Democrats contend is illegal. Republicans on the Senate intelligence panel have agreed on measures to impose new oversight but allow wiretapping without warrants for up to 45 days.
S.A. should be so proud!
This AG is a complete farce. His basic position is that whatever the president says or wants is the law.
^^yeah, isn't it great. That's reason Bush is MY President. He writes his own
laws. You dummy!
Haven't you heard? Article II of the Cons ution gives the President powers not unlike those enjoyed by a King . . . .
at least according to this Administration.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
