IS THE PRESIDENT “ABOVE THE LAW”? I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHO THE PRESIDENT IS

National Review ^ | Feb. 4, 2006 | Andy McCarthy

[reformed_dem]

So, does anyone actually ask these people about their inconsistencies? No, of course not, silly me.

[AliVeritas]

ping

[MEG33]

Glad they are getting caught in their hypocrisy.

[AliVeritas]

Thanks CC, we were waiting for this last night.

[CBart95]

Keeping this alive just perpetuates Bush hate.

We are at war.

They have vowed to strike us again.

If anyone objects to us using these means to defend our homeland, they are siding with our enemy.

There will be reprisals. Count on it.

[Northern Yankee]

Several former Clinton administration officials...

Credibility immediately lost!

[Revererdrv]

Rep. Carl Levin is on FOX now badmouthing Bush's efforts
to protect us? He thinks the Pres. broke the law by listening to overseas phone calls. We can predict what these Democrats are going to say about anything related to Pres. Bush. Democrats have one playbook called hate and bash Bush, but, never offering a better way. Tell us Rep. Levin, what is the better way? Levin is not capable of telling us something new, something different, something workable to stop another terrorist attack. He is attending the Superbowl with one playbook called Bush hatred.

[Bob]

Want to lock up 10's of thousands of Japanese citizens during WWII? No problem.

Want to wiretap a citizen who's a civil rights leader? No problem.

Want to execute a warrantless search on Aldridge Ames? No problem.

Want to wiretap international calls from suspected terrorists to their U.S. cells? Big problem.

I guess you just have to be in the 'right' party to do whatever the he!! you want. Freakin' hypocrites!

[xusafflyer]

“fail[ed] to identify any plausible legal authority” for the NSA program that does not comply with the warrant procedure mandated by Congress in FISA"

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I can do it in 30 secs. USSID 18 4.1(b).


4.1 (S-CCO) Communications which are known to be to, from or about U.S. PERSONS oxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx not be intentionally intercepted. [1 line redacted.]

a. With the approval of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under the conditions outlined in Annex A of this USSID.

b. With the approval of the Attorney General of the United States, if:

(1) The COLLECTION is directed against the following:

(a) Communications to or from U.S. PERSONS outside of the UNITED STATES, or

(b) International communications to, from, [1 line redacted.]

(c) Communications which are not to or from but merely about U.S. PERSONS (wherever located).

(2) The person is an AGENT OF A FOREIGN POWER, and

(3) The purpose of the COLLECTION is to acquire significant FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE information.

http://web.elastic.org/~fche/mirrors/www.jya.com/nsa-ussid18.htm#SECTION%204

[Bob]

Want to lock up 10's of thousands of Japanese citizens during WWII? No problem.

That doesn't quite sound like I meant it. Should have read: "10's of thousands of U.S. citizens who happened to be of Japanese descent".

[Northern Yankee]

Add one more to the list in regards to the hipocrisy of the left:

Enter a private citizen's home by force, and confiscate a young Cuban boy, and return him to Cuba.

No problem there.

[Callahan]

Hard to believe that Dems would try to drum up a lame non-story just to damage Bush--oh wait that's all they do.

[Northern Yankee]

LOL...

That's why they'll continue to lose elections.

[OldEagle]

"...the Bush administration had “fail[ed] to identify any plausible legal authority” for the NSA program..."

Is it possible that there is no controlling legal authority?

[Coldwater Creek]

If so many innocent people would not be hurt and destroyed financially, I would tell the President to just stop any effort of keep this country safe, and let the fool's (dems) be destroyed by the enemy.

If they think that this vitriolic spewing is going to get them any more voters and power, they are sadly mistaken.

[Bahbah]

Not having adequately demonstrated their foolishness during the Alito hearings, they are going for broke with the NSA issue. There really must be some sort of party wide death wish among the dems.

[Coldwater Creek]

How about adding Waco and Ruby Ridge to the list?

[Condor51]

***Should have read: "10's of thousands of U.S. citizens who happened to be of Japanese descent".***

Don't forget, FDR also locked up THOUSANDS of German-American CITIZENS and Italian-American CITIZENS in his little 'summer camps' and they too lost everything, i.e.; confiscated by the gubmint.

But being that Germans and Italians aren't FREAKING WHINERS, nobody remembers that. Plus they where white, so who gives a shiite. /s

[Northern Yankee]

Bingo!