Bush won't reauthorize eavesdropping
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Holy shit this surprises me... But I thought according to them, they didn't need court approval?
I can't comprehend the level of stubbornness it takes to stand up in front of a country and defend something that you know damn well is wrong.
Bush won't reauthorize eavesdropping
21 minutes ago
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 court, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Wednesday.
"The president has determined not to reauthorize the Terrorist Surveillance Program when the current authorization expires," Gonzales wrote in a letter to Senate leaders.
"Any electronic surveillance that was occurring as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program will now be conducted subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court," Gonzales said.
The program, adopted after the September 11 attacks, allowed the government to eavesdrop on the international phone calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens without obtaining a warrant, if those wiretaps are made to track suspected al Qaeda operatives.
Critics have said the program violated the U.S. Constitution and a 1978 law, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which made it illegal to spy on U.S. citizens in the United States without the approval of the special court.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/ts_nm/surveillance_bush_dc_3
I can't comprehend the level of stubbornness it takes to stand up in front of a country and defend something that you know damn well is wrong.
Bush won't reauthorize eavesdropping
21 minutes ago
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 court, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Wednesday.
"The president has determined not to reauthorize the Terrorist Surveillance Program when the current authorization expires," Gonzales wrote in a letter to Senate leaders.
"Any electronic surveillance that was occurring as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program will now be conducted subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court," Gonzales said.
The program, adopted after the September 11 attacks, allowed the government to eavesdrop on the international phone calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens without obtaining a warrant, if those wiretaps are made to track suspected al Qaeda operatives.
Critics have said the program violated the U.S. Constitution and a 1978 law, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which made it illegal to spy on U.S. citizens in the United States without the approval of the special court.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/ts_nm/surveillance_bush_dc_3
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For what? Realizing his is pissing all over the Constitution? OK. Thanks George for realizing you aren't a monarch sent by god.
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That said, I agree with him on this one. Interesting that he had to reverse a position I strongly disagreed in order for that to happen, though.
I'm giving him a kinda stunned, suspicious and cautious golf clap right now...
I'm happy about this by all means, but I am waiting for the other shoe to drop, like Bush appointing all Gonzalez clones to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
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I will cautiously applaud Bush for this one
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Not so much. I like this decision. I don't blame Bush for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2000 years ago either like some here would.
probably not. you are though. personally I do not like Bush's decision. I want our government to be eves dropping on all suspected terrorists.
I just figured I would start the ball rolling on the approval of one decision. I like to be somewhat positive where it is needed around a board that, for the most part, would criticize him as the worst President ever for his choice of cereal in the morning.
I agree with you about the suspected terrorists. I have always been uncomfortable with the precedent that this sets for the government though.
Not so much the fault of Bush as it was the Roman gods' dislike for his stance on gay marriage.
as long as terrorists are being listened to, I dont care how its done
How many people do you know that had been 'stuck with a needle' from warrantless wiretaps of suspected terrorists? I don't know any, and I honestly don't remember hearing anyone complain about the program, while it was in place, interferring with their lives.
What negative affect did it have on people? Real people and real examples please, because I haven't heard of any.
As long as the gov't is able to track and eliminate terrorists planning attacks in our counrty the same with warrants needed as without, then I don't have a problem. But if beaucracy and the so called 'civil rights of terrorists' gets in the way of preventing an attack, then this is a big mistake.