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July 05, 2008
John Dean on Obama's FISA Position
This is worth a read. Some history about presidents prosecuting law-breakers from previous administrations:
It certainly would not be unprecedented if an Obama Administration were to hold high officials of a prior administration responsible for their criminal activity undertaken in the name of national security. For example, former Nixon assistant to the president John Ehrlichman said that he acted for national security reasons when he approved a warrantless break-in at Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office; yet he was prosecuted, convicted, and sent to jail for his actions during the Ford Administration. During the Carter Administration, too, former CIA Director Richard Helms was convicted for lying to Congress, which he did for national security reasons; he was given a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined. Former Assistant Director of the FBI Mark Felt (later revealed to be Bob Woodward’s “Deep Throat” source during Watergate) was convicted for authorizing some nine warrantless break-ins of the radical Weatherman groups for national security reasons; while he faced ten years in jail, he was not sentenced to serve any time, but rather fined $5,000, and he was later pardoned by President Reagan.
Posted By Bob Cesca | July 5, 2008 01:20 PM | DIGG THIS
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Nice read, Bob, thanks for posting!
Sort of puts this whole FISA mess in perspective. I think we (as in liberals, or "faggot-ass pussies" as is the common nomenclature) should relax on Obama's every move. If he starts wearing a Left Behind T-shirt, bombing abortion clinics and karate kicking homosexuals then maybe we should be concerned. Until then, holy shit, do we have an awesome candidate.
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at July 5, 2008 01:45 PM
This election or the next will not fix what is wrong with America. The movement must be started to throw every bum out that looks to personal gain and not to the job we put them in there for. The only thing that would be better for me than winning with a 6 in lotto would be to see the war criminal Dubay in the dock at the Hague answering for his crimes. All it takes is us coming together as one people, and demanding that our leaders adhere to the same justice that applies to us. WE THE PEOPLE have the power, our forefathers gave us the right. All we have to do now is stand together and use it. High or low, criminals belong behind bars. This is my first comment here, but I'd like to say Bob keep up the good fight!
Posted by: armytanker at July 5, 2008 03:27 PM
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