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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Srexley who wrote (719101)12/20/2005 6:50:04 PM
From: Orcastraiter  Read Replies (3) of 769670
 
I'm all for tracking terrorists. Tapping their phone lines and keeping tabs on them. Only an idiot would be against that.

What I'm questioning is why Bush decided to go above the law with it and not allow the judicial oversight, the checks and balances, that the law requires.

I say yes...tap into the terrorists phones. But present evidence to a judge and get a warrant to do so. We are a nation of laws.

By the way, the law allows for a 72 hour lag between beginning the surveillance and obtaining the warrant. That means that security will never be compromised by delays.

But since Bush has decided to keep this operation of spying on American Citizens a secret...folks want to know what Americans he was spying on. I'd like to see the list myself. At the very least let a panel of judges review the list of people spied on, and a bipartisan group of congress too.

If someone is on that list that shouldn't be there...then it's impeachment time.

Orca
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