What a shame that the slime molds holding the reigns of power in this country right now have no idea what sunshine is.
Switching course on one of his most controversial anti-terrorism policies, President Bush agreed yesterday to submit the administration's warrantless surveillance program to a court for constitutional review.
A deal negotiated between the White House and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) came with conditions. Bush is insisting that Congress first give him new leeway in some areas of surveillance and that all lawsuits challenging his eavesdropping policy be funneled to a Washington-based intelligence court that operates in secret.
Given that the 1600 Crew had no compunction at all about "outing" an undercover CIA agent who was actively working on WMD-issues, is there much doubt why Preznit Cock Gobbler wants to give this information to a secret court? How surprised would anyone be to find that the 1600 Crew has been conducting domestic surveillance, not on "terrorists" but rather "persons of interest" who have, oh, I don't know, opposing political worldviews?
A court that oversees this should be one that was constituted as the Founders envisioned under the 4th Amendment. I think that a federal judge could keep his mouth shut about properly constituted intelligence matters. It would be the improper ones that he would quite properly speak out about.
Thomas Jefferson takes another spin in his grave every time Bunnypants opens his pie-hole.
Given this precedent, when the Democrats seize the reigns of power again what are all these enablers of Beloved Leader going to say when, hypothetically Hillary Clinton does the same thing? How loudly will they be honking in the well of the Senate about a similar move by a Democrat? Loud and long, I suspect and they won't have fucking leg to stand on. Ever.
posted by Jo Fish on 07.14.06 at 02:47 PM
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Exactly - what are these whackjobs of the right going to do when the dems return to power in 2008? Unlimited power to clean up the environment, give all decent health care, rescind all corporate tax breaks and maybe even increase taxes on the rich, stop "spreading democracy" where it isn't wanted and strengthen the military ( no more 50 year olds in combat ), no more pork, lobbyists, or favors to Big Pharma, Oil, etc. Man, I could go on and on.
I can't wait. What goes around comes around, wingnuts.
posted by: badgervan on 07.14.06 at 09:25 PM [permalink]
There ain't anything hypothetical about it. Hilary will do the same. Remember that PA1 and the components of PA II were passed by 98% of Congress. This includes your Democrat friends.
Warrantless wiretapping isn't included in the Patriot Act, salamander.
posted by: Tony on 07.17.06 at 08:38 AM [permalink]
...and I wonder how the lobbyists will survive since they supported the K Street Project. Let's see, either they fire all Republicans and hire all Democrats, or better yet, we ignore them.
