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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (55883)	3/16/2006 3:47:22 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 93284

In April 2004, President Bush addressed a gathering in Buffalo, N.Y.: "Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution." (President Bush's speech -- as well as videotape of the event -- are available at the White House Web site: whitehouse.gov I offer no opinion concerning the president's assurance that court orders are a constitutionally necessary prelude to wiretapping. Rather, I encourage every citizen to consider the president's own words. Alan Archibald Hillsborough