Red-handed:
President Bush “personally authorized a secretive eavesdropping program in the United States more than three dozen times since October 2001, a senior intelligence official said Friday night.”
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How do they know whom to spy on I wonder? Do they guess?
December 16th, 2005 at 9:21 pmAnother reason to demand impeachment. The Federal Communications Act of the 1970’s specifically addresses this - it is a federal crime.
December 16th, 2005 at 9:24 pmMany are outraged by this over-reach of authority by the President and his henchmen, but no one has yet said that this is impeachable. Bush has admitted it; he has personally signed three dozen authorizations for unwarranted eavesdropping. The White House counsel has approved it.
How many laws can they rewrite, reinterpret, and violate? This crime family must be ousted from office.
I agree Marie. Bubble boy also admits that he would have attacked and removed Hussein had he known there were no WMD’s. Attacking and occupying a soviergn nation for the sole purpose of removing its leader is also a crime.
December 16th, 2005 at 9:46 pmWe must continue to demand impeachment hearings. There is no way we can let this criminal get away with killing thousands of people.
IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH
December 16th, 2005 at 9:47 pmIt might be more proper to COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT, COMMIT
December 16th, 2005 at 10:17 pm“The official said that, since October 2001, the program has been renewed more than three dozen times. Each time, the White House counsel and the attorney general certified the lawfulness of the program, the official said. Bush then signed the authorizations.”
Well, this certainly makes me think that we’re on the up and up here. White House Counsel thinks Dumbya is the most brilliant man she’s ever met and the pro-torture AG thinks the Constitution is an outdated document.
December 16th, 2005 at 10:40 pmAnd speaking of Meirs, do you think THIS is the reason she was nominated to the SCOTUS?
December 16th, 2005 at 10:50 pmI just heard Bubble boy neither deny or confirm, he only states that no laws were broken. (My ABC local news)
He also said it is his job to protect us.
Will somebody please remind Bubble boy that it is his job to protect the U.S. Constitution.
And also remind him that under the Constitution, he did break the law.
IMPEACH AND COMMIT
December 16th, 2005 at 11:36 pmLoL I really do wish that the Democrats would try to impeach Bush.
It would be a really good issue for the Republicans to run on.
Also were are the Democrats going to get the 67 votes in the Senate to convict the President?
December 16th, 2005 at 11:45 pmThe 2006 Senate and House elections.
December 16th, 2005 at 11:51 pmRavio, if you could read, you’d note that many republicans are outraged with the Bubble boy.
I dont expect a chickenhawk neocon to comprehend simple things but I do expect you have at least the slightest clue.
Oh well, some folk are just plain stupid/Bush supporters.
December 16th, 2005 at 11:58 pmRavio does have a point. The Democrats would be lucky to win 5 seats from the Republicans next year much less 67 seats. Impeachment will go nowhere because the Republicans are not going to vote for it ever.
The Republicans did this to Clinton and it accomplished nothing except give into the wimps of a few partisan extremist and I hope the Democrats don’t do the same.
December 17th, 2005 at 12:13 amUnlike you Lark, I have faith in America.
Bubble Boy will either resign, be convicted of a felony and jailed, or be impeached.
Also, the pugs already know that supporting Bubble boy will end their careers. They will vote for impeachment.
December 17th, 2005 at 12:17 amNothing will come out of this scandal. The House Republicans will continue to blindly support Bush and prevent any attempt from House Democrats to impeach him. The Senate Republicans will block any attempt by Senate Democrats to censure Bush. The lapdog Washington press corps will eventually forget about it and move on to another news that really excite the unwashed like the Cultural War on Christmas.
December 17th, 2005 at 12:32 am[…] What seems different about this scandal - what tickles the back of the brain - is that this battle has been joined before, during Watergate. This meta-election was lost 30 years ago by these same imperial fools because the American people simply wouldn’t play along. We don’t see it the same way. We want our checks and balances, our accountability, and they don’t realize it. Possibly they are incapable of realizing it. Somebody like WPE, inbred into the wannabe dynasty of the Bush clan, it’s probably never occured to him that any of us plebes don’t share his frame of reference. So, when they’re smearing political opponents they cover their tracks, but when they’re fighting for torture or ordering the NSA to break the law, they don’t even bother to hide it. President Bush “personally authorized a secretive eavesdropping program in the United States more than three dozen times since October 2001, a senior intelligence official said Friday night.†[…]
December 17th, 2005 at 1:07 amHome Grown Insurgency
December 17th, 2005 at 1:34 amDecember 15, 2005
The White House is taken aback by the House of Representatives. The article “House votes to renew Patriot Act†by Sheryl Gay Stolberg stunned the nation’s control freaks that the Patriot Act must be further scrutinize for its lack of judicial oversight and safeguards against abuse. The word “insurgency†which President Bush least appreciates had occurred in the House, demanding to renew his anti-terrorism law. The House became aware that this law has given the Justice Department authorization to investigate American citizens without judicial oversight; to allow government to search individuals’ private property without notifying them; to allow authorities to search citizens’ financial, medical, library, and school records without judicial oversight. Many Americans wants to remain independent of Big Brother’s watchful gaze and want to make sure that the Defense Dept. won’t expanded their intelligence programs, creating new agencies, and adding more “legal” authority for domestic security activities in this trumped up post-9/11 world. The Pentagon once promised Congress that after the Vietnam War it won’t spy on Americans without notifying Congress. Under the Bush administration that promise got broken real fast and easy.
At this point in time, impeachment is just a dream. what isn’t a dream is that if this outrageous action can be kept in the news, the stink will definitely stop the gop in its tracks. Now, this will only happen if the press keeps the pressure on so I guess that it probably won’t happen. And that is tragic because if one is willing to dig a bit, this action not only disgraces this country once again but definitely affected the 04 election!
December 17th, 2005 at 7:18 am15 Ryan
I agree. Most everything I write bears that in mind.
December 17th, 2005 at 9:18 amSome NSA officials were so concerned about the legality of the program that they refused to participate, the Times said. Questions about the legality of the program led the administration to temporarily suspend it last year and impose new restrictions.
December 17th, 2005 at 9:30 amwhen shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
-Patrick Henry
December 17th, 2005 at 9:43 amI would assume that at times they would have a specific person they wanted to spy on. But for the most part I would assume that this was random.
Your president is a dictator.
ZEIG HEIL!
December 17th, 2005 at 10:00 amThis Saturday Morning, George Bush appeared on national television with the usual bullying baloney of I AM THE KING, I MAKE THE LAWS AND THE HELL WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY! I am here to say this so called President has no legs to stand on. He has become a fascist and should be removed from office at once and Tried for Tyranny.
December 17th, 2005 at 10:37 am