Bush defends surveillance program

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/18/06 | Deb Reichman - ap

[NormsRevenge]

President Bush walks to a press conference with members of his economic team on Friday, Aug. 19, 2006 in Camp David, Md. From left is Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Rob Portman, Bush, and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Edward Lazear. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

[RightWhale]

Is the country at war or not?

[Paperdoll]

President Bush's words would carry a great deal more authority now if he would have closed our borders when first we went to war.

[golfisnr1]

Where are the Republcans? They should be speaking out. Jeesh!! Its infuriating, the silence.

[samadams2000]

meek..as usual..meek. running out the clock like the old man huh? Do something bold Mr. President! Anything.

[italianquaker]

wow
go dubya

[avacado]

"FISA judges say Bush within law"

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20060329-120346-1901r.htm

A panel of former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges yesterday told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that President Bush did not act illegally when he created by executive order a wiretapping program conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA).

[Dahoser]

Where are the Republcans? They should be speaking out. Jeesh!! Its infuriating, the silence.

The Stupid Party? They're cowering under their beds as usual. The RATS told them not to politicize this and they're doing as they were told.

[12th_Monkey]

Another limp wristed response. He should have ripped that so called judge a new one.

[rightinthemiddle]

Another nice DNC press release.

[wolfcreek]

The Islamic faction of the ACLU; destroying our country from within. Using our own laws agaist us. It's time for our President to stand up for our country and himself.

[rockabyebaby]

Judge Anna Diggs Taylor is an idiot and when Al Qaida drops the big one ole anna is gonna be sorry, all the deaths will be on her stoopid head........geez, this really fires me up, how stoopid is she??? Did the English just foil a plot using wire taps?????? Hellllllllllllo..........

[NormsRevenge]

Is the country at war or not?
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Uhhh,, we don't fight wars like we used to..

Can I answer that when I get back from the mall?

[GingisK]

...I instructed the Justice Department to appeal immediately...

Ahem. George, the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land. All appeals stop there.

Perhaps he plans to continue to operate outside of Constitutional authority.

[Past Your Eyes]

They just love to use the phrase "wire taps". Ijjits.

[verbal voter]

let's SETTLE IT. More WIRE TAPS TO STAY UP WITH THE BRITS.

[GingisK]

Is the country at war or not?

No, it is not. There has been no declaration of war, therefore there is not state of war. There are low-scale conflicts here and there.

War does not set aside the Constitution. War is waged to protect the Constitution. One cannot protect an instrument by disregarding it.

[NormsRevenge]

The mantra of the media and dems today was its 'domestic eavesdropping' .. which is and out and out lie and obvious distortion.

[Enchante]

"The judge said the government, in defending the program, appeared to be saying the president had the "inherent power" to violate laws of Congress."

Wrong, judge, it is YOU who are claiming the inherent right to ignore wide precedent and Article II of the US Constitution. Neither a raving leftist Carter-leftover appointee like you nor the Carter-era Congress has the right to abrogate executive war-making powers enunciated in the US Constitution. No matter how many times you liberal weasels repeat the same talking points, they're still wrong.

[ErnBatavia]

One cannot protect his enemies if he expects to have a constition to protect any longer.