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December 19, 2005
It's impeachment or dictatorship
These are our options. Bush's talking points today hold no water whatsoever.
"Speed" was one of his arguments. They didn't get warrants in these at-issue cases because they were so time sensitive and they couldn't wait for court approval. Turns out that that the warrants could be petitioned retroactively for up to 72 hours! TPM:
It turns out that FISA specifically empowers the Attorney General or his designee to start wiretapping on an emergency basis even without a warrant so long as a retroactive application is made for one "as soon as practicable, but not more than 72 hours after the Attorney General authorizes such surveillance."
My dear RBN readers... This administration and its allies in Congress and in the media have done a lot of egregious things in the last five years. But this... This is probably the most brazen and heinous trespass against the Constitution and our rights as Americans. If the president isn't punished for this and is allowed to get away with this, there's no telling what else he'll do in the name of building his dictatorship under the guise of "protecting us from evil-doers" (recall, by the way, that statistically you're more likely to commit suicide than you are of being killed by a terrorist).
I reiterate. Why did the White House seek warrants in so many cases -- but not these? What were they trying to get away with?
Posted By Bob Cesca | December 19, 2005 09:14 PM | DIGG ME!
