This past weekend the Democratic Congress grabbed their metaphorical ankles and bent over as far as they could to make Bush's illegal wiretapping program...legal. FISA was amended with plenty of "bluedog" Democratic votes along with Republicans who all voted together so that Bush could spy on anyone he wanted to without warrants. It was a sad couple of days for our democracy to say the least. At least someone wants to do something about it, because you know, its illegal.
From TalkingPointsMemo:
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees asked a federal judge Thursday to invalidate a days-old law that lets government agents eavesdrop on suspected terrorists without first getting court-approved warrants.They said the measure signed into law Sunday by President Bush is illegal because it gives the national intelligence director and the U.S. attorney general too much power to intercept communications of suspected terrorists overseas _ even when they are talking to someone in the United States.
The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights' lawsuit, along with about 50 others, are all being considered by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco.
There is just too much power being handed over to the President. There is no reason we should trust George Bush to listen for terrorists.We all know what he did with credible intelligence a month before September 11th, 2001, which was absolutely nothing. He has been illegally spying on Americans for years now, a high crime that is an impeachable offense by itself. Now Congress is trying to cover his ass for no good reason.
Now the bill's fate lies in the hands of a judge in San Francisco. Bush's lawyers have a bullshit argument that if they have to defend themselves they will reveal national security secrets. See, everyone knows that Bush is raping the Constitution and the rights of Americans, that is hardly a secret anymore.
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