Saturday, December 17, 2005

Bush Spying on Citizens W/out Warrant is ILLEGAL and This Crime is Impeachable

MSNBC reports that Bush PERSONALLY authorized the NSA to illegally spy on US citizens. If that weren't bad enough, this article says it all and succinctly disputes any wingnut defense of Bush's illegal spying on Americans. WashMonthly: "Bush signed an order allowing the NSA to spy on US citizens w/out a warrant. This is against the law. The law forbids warrantless surveillance of US citizens, and it provides procedures to be followed in emergencies that do not leave enough time for fedrl agents to get a warrant. If the NYTimes report is correct, the govt did not follow these procedures. It therefore acted illegally. Bush's order is arguably unconstitutional as well: it seems to violate the 4th amendment, and it certainly violates the requirement (Article II, sec. 3) that the Pres "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." It's not as though warrants are hard to get, or the law makes no provision for emergencies. Bush could have followed the law had he wanted to. He chose to set it aside. And this is something that no American should tolerate. We claim to have a govt of laws, not of men. That claim means nothing if we are not prepared to act when a Pres (or anyone else) places himself above the law. If the NYT report is true, then Bush should be impeached." Amen.
Posted by Tina :: 12:13 AM :: 4 Comments:

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