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

To: Bill who wrote (61165)	5/16/2006 12:44:04 PM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

I think American Spirit (sic) is concerned that they might find out she's the one leaving romantic messages on John Kerry's answering machine :^)

To: Bill who wrote (61165)	5/16/2006 12:52:37 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Bush has not followed any procedures at all. It was all done in secret without even notifying congress or the FISA court. It is a total abuse of power and highly illegal. Listen to the lies Bush was telling in january assuring us he was only illegally bugging calls coming in from Arab countries, or from terrorist suspects. That turns out to be a complete and total lie. How can you give him a pass on that?

To: Bill who wrote (61165)	5/16/2006 1:02:28 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

I guess this is where we have a new paradigm: <Officials say the FBI makes extensive use of a new provision of the Patriot Act which allows agents to seek information with what are called National Security Letters (NSL). The NSLs are a version of an administrative subpoena and are not signed by a judge. Under the law, a phone company receiving a NSL for phone records must provide them and may not divulge to the customer that the records have been given to the government.> So when someone in the administration leaks the identity of a CIA agent to the press as part of an administrative retaliation against someone that made statements that did not support the administration effort for war...that takes a court order. But when a CIA agent leaks information to the press regarding rendition, secret prisons and torture chambers that the administration is using...well that kind of leak only requires a new fangled NSL to investigate. I'll bet that Dick Cheney can sign one of those letters. The Patriot Act sure comes in handy...wouldn't you say? Orca