--- authfriend wrote: > > --- Peter wrote: > > > > I wished someone had asked Gonzales why, if the > > executive branch found FISA to be inadequate in > > combating terrorism, they did not address this problem > > to the legislative branch and seek modifications to > > FISA or a wholey new court adequate to address these > > needs? > > Heehee. They did ask. He said: Well, we talked to > some members of Congress, and they said it would be > difficult, if not impossible, to get that additional > authority. (I didn't put quotes around that because > I'm not positive it's a direct quote rather than a > paraphrase, but I read about it at the time, and that > certainly was the sense of what he said.)
The Bushies couldn't get a Republican Congress to grant the authority necessary for the Executive Branch to conduct its war on terror? I don't know whether to be aghast at the turf fight or happy to see the legislators stop being tools. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
