May 12, 2006

Fiercely protected, except when not

Bush, yesterday:

Bush said in his remarks Thursday that "the government does not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval" and that "the privacy of ordinary Americans is fiercely protected in all our activities."

Now George. We all know you've ignored getting court approvals before. When the NSA wiretapping scheme first surfaced in December your boys claimed that waiting for the FISA court to approve your wiretaps would take too long, so that little legal nicety was bypassed. Why should we believe you'd be more punctilious about getting that approval this time?

I repeat what I said back here: Article 2 of the five articles of impeachment against Nixon had to do with the unlawful wiretapping of American citizens. It should be resurrected and brought up to date.

I honestly do not understand how so many Republicans (Hatch, Cornyn, Sessions, I'm talkin' to you) can blithely blow off all the transgressions of this Administration. I can only conclude that the power their party currently holds is more important to them than their country is.

Posted by Linkmeister at May 12, 2006 12:01 AM | TrackBack
Comments

I tell you - he could give you something to write about every day.

I just don't understand that man.

Posted by: cassie-b at May 12, 2006 06:59 AM

Google "Jonathan Turley" if you want to see an appropriate level of outrage.

Posted by: blogenfreude at May 12, 2006 10:47 AM

More specifics, please. I find Turley's website, but the most recent article appears to be dated in January.

Posted by: Linkmeister at May 12, 2006 10:53 AM

I think that Title 18, Chapter 121, Section 2709 of the U.S. Code has some tangential relevance here.

Posted by: pixelshim at May 12, 2006 06:07 PM