Posted on 01/25/2006 11:38:04 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Sen. Clinton Blasts Bush on Eavesdropping
By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer 7 minutes ago
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday called President Bush's explanations for eavesdropping on domestic telephone calls "strange" and "far-fetched," launching a blistering attack on the White House ahead of the president's State of the Union address.
"Obviously, I support tracking down terrorists. I think that's our obligation. But I think it can be done in a lawful way," the New York Democrat said.
Clinton, a potential 2008 presidential candidate, told reporters she did not yet know whether the administration's warrantless eavesdropping broke any laws. But the senator said she did not buy the White House's main justifications for the tactic.
"Their argument that it's rooted in the authority to go after al-Qaida is far-fetched," she said in an apparent reference to a congressional resolution passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. The Bush administration has argued that resolution gave the president authority to order such electronic surveillance as part of efforts to protect the nation from terrorists.
"Their argument that it's rooted in the Constitution inherently is kind of strange because we have FISA and FISA operated very effectively and it wasn't that hard to get their permission," she said. The super-secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was established by Congress to approve eavesdropping warrants, even retroactively, but Bush has argued that the process often takes too long.
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Typical 9/10 thinking. It's not a criminal investigation, it's war.
Bump
We're coming to take Dem's away, ha ha
We're coming to take Dem's away, hee hee
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha, ho ho
To the funny farm
Where life is liberal all the time
Where taxes and fees have no bounds
And perverts dance with pacifists
And Hitlery visits them in her clean white suit
So we're coming to take Dem's away, Ha Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....
BTTT
John, as far as I'm concerned Hillery! is a domestic
"insurgent" and by her obstruction and public denegration
of this country's policies is an enemy of the constitution.
Hillery! says it's "strange" and "farfetched" to want to
gather intelligence this way, but it's no stranger or more
farfetched than highjacking FOUR airliners and flying them
into buildings.....
I was thinking of that colonial flag today, the one
with the snake cut into 13 pieces and "Unite or Die"
written underneath it, the democrats are doing every thing
they can to see that we don't unite, which means the death of our way of life, are they not internal enemies?
Is it not a comfort to our enemies to hear her bleat on
about using "lawful" means to deal with those who HAVE DECLARED OPEN WARFARE against us?
/rant.
The Clinton Administration's position of treating terrorists as criminals, is what got the towers destroyed in the first place.
Hello PIAPS, the War on Terror is not about crime,....It is a freaking war you evil bitch!
Cops don't fight wars, and different rules apply in a war.
That is a cool image. I'm going to "borrow" it for another day.
I borrowed as a backup for LUV W.
What were you doing with those 900 FBI files in a time of Peace Hillary?
"it wasn't hard to get their permission..."
That flies in the face of facts in evidence, Senator.
thanks for the ping
Would gathering sensitive fbi files that belonged to previous whitehouse employees be the same as eavesdropping?
If this politically motivated swank, who is lacking a a diplomatic bone, even has a chance to achieve the position of POTUS, then freedom as a concept will be lost world wide.
...Thank Heaven there's no sound!
(...even though my ears cringe waiting for it.) ....chuckle.
Glad ta share it with you Radix!
Thanks, Seadog! Just think how it could drive us completely nuts like herself if we had sound. Just be thankful.....
Hillary knows she need to be left enough to win the primary elections. The question is how far left can she go before removing any chance of wining the general election.
Umpfh! Dat hurts!
I thought it was an administrative snafu....;-)
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