http://thinkprogress.org Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:15:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://thinkprogress.org/gorelick-testimony/comment-page-1/#comment-446500 Bring it On! » Blog Archive » Radio Clown Mark Levin Scolds Clinton, Gore, For Law They Didn’t Break Mon, 13 Feb 2006 04:38:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/gorelick-testimony/#comment-446500 [...] The problem with the argument? Again, it was a year before FISA was expanded. Furthermore, Gorelick was arguing that the President could conduct warrantless physical searches in the absence of Congressional action. At no time did she suggest that, after Congress required the President to obtain a warrant, the executive branch could ignore the law, nor is there any evidence the Clinton administration failed to comply with FISA. [...] [...] The problem with the argument? Again, it was a year before FISA was expanded. Furthermore, Gorelick was arguing that the President could conduct warrantless physical searches in the absence of Congressional action. At no time did she suggest that, after Congress required the President to obtain a warrant, the executive branch could ignore the law, nor is there any evidence the Clinton administration failed to comply with FISA. [...]

]]> http://thinkprogress.org/gorelick-testimony/comment-page-1/#comment-404852 Think Progress » In Desperation, Gonzales Smears Gore Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:36:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/gorelick-testimony/#comment-404852 [...] 2. Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick testified in 1994 that the President could conduct warrantless physical searches, before FISA required physical searches to be conducted pursuant to a warrant. Gorelick was arguing that the President could conduct warrantless physical searches in the absence of Congressional action. At no time did she suggest that, after Congress required the President to obtain a warrant, the executive branch could ignore the law, nor is there any evidence the Clinton administration failed to comply with FISA. [...] [...] 2. Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick testified in 1994 that the President could conduct warrantless physical searches, before FISA required physical searches to be conducted pursuant to a warrant. Gorelick was arguing that the President could conduct warrantless physical searches in the absence of Congressional action. At no time did she suggest that, after Congress required the President to obtain a warrant, the executive branch could ignore the law, nor is there any evidence the Clinton administration failed to comply with FISA. [...]

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