authfriend wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > >>--- authfriend wrote: >> >> >>>*Nobody* is against wiretapping suspected >>>terrorists, domestic or otherwise. >>> >>> >>What do the Bushies have against getting a court >>order under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance >>Act? In all the kerfuffle, I've yet to hear why they >>don't want to follow the process already set up >>for such stuff. >> >> > >They claim it takes too long, but that's a crock; >they're explicitly allowed to wiretap without a >warrant for 48 hours (or is it 72?) exactly so >that getting a warrant won't impede an urgent >investigation. > >The *real* reason is they don't want to have any >restrictions at all; they want to be able to >wiretap anybody at any time whether they have >grounds for suspicion or not. It's the Imperial >Presidency, or the "Unitary Executive," as they >call it. To hell with checks and balances; that's >for sissies. > Exactly and I can't figure out why these "commoner" rightists would support Bush as it is against their own best interests. At least some of his former supporters have wised up.
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