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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (744319)	7/1/2006 5:09:49 PM
From: BEEF JERKEY	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769667

The fact that the NYT reported that the Bush White House is tracking the foreign financial transactions of suspected terrorists actually reflects well on them. I would think it bigger news if it was found out they weren’t doing it. I also doubt very much that Al Quadia hadn't already figured that out. The real issue is whether and how far the Bush White House is stepping outside its authority. Of course the US engages in spying but do you believe the government should spy on its own citizens? Your example of the NYT publishing troop movements is ridiculous and fatuous. Simply put the NYT wouldn't be privy to that info as that would be a military secret. The NYT is discussing the behaviors of the elected President who has already engaged in controversial actions regarding his powers. The whole question of government behavior especially regarding domestic spying is definitely open for national debate in a free society with a free press. Further, the Bush White House is definitely walking a questionable line as the Supreme Court ruled this week. Simply put Bush/Cheney have got it wrong as to how powerful he thinks he should be. What they do or don't do regarding spying is a legitimate question to be debated in society as Bush is an elected offical not an Ayatollah. The right doesn't get it, China, Saddam's Iraq and Iran spies on its own nationals. There the leaders have unlimited powers. Nobody questions their actions because there is no free press. Declaring an open ended war on something as nebulous as terrorism should not, IMO, give unlimited powers to the executive branch and give it the absolute power of a Saddam or Ayatollah. Terrorism will likely exist in some form or another for the rest of history. Bush wants to grant the President unlimited powers forever. I prefer the traditional US system of power being shared between the President, Congress and the Courts to the Bush/Cheney/ Ayatollah concept of absolute power.