
We told you last week about good ol' W. authorizing the NSA to spy on people inside the country without first getting warrants from a court. Well, fortunately, the bozos in Washington are not going to let the Prez get off with just a smirk, a shoulder shrug and a sarcastic comment (well, as sarcastic a comment as can be conjured by a moron). Democrats and Republicans in Congress are seeking a bi-partisan investigation into Bush's authorization of the NSA to get their spy on.
Apparently Georgie boy just thinks he can do whatever he wants. Look, pal, yes, you are an asshole, but this is not some drinking game where you get to make up the rules as you go along. You are not the president of a fraternity at Yale, you're the President of the United States, for the love of jebus. Democrats are obviously a bit perturbed. "The president has, I think, made up a law that we never passed," said Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis.
But the good news is, even the Republicans are a bit nonplussed by the latest move by Bush. "They talk about constitutional authority," Sen. Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said. "There are limits as to what the president can do," eating a pretzel and not choking to near death apparently not making the list.
If you want to see the Republicans spin faster than a hippie chick dancing on acid in a burlap sack at a Phish show, check out The Big Dick - V.P. Cheney will be on Nightline Monday night explaining their side of the story.




completely off-topic, but what happened to uber?
All of the Congressmen and Senators claiming outrage now have known all along what was going on. Even Sen. Harry Reid knew about this.
Also, the NSA's "Echelon" program has been keeping tabs on American since the Clinton administration.
Spin? There is more spin coming from the media outlets and the Democrats on this than in a room full of washing machines...
Echelon complied with FISA. Before any conversations of U.S. persons were targeted, a FISA warrant was obtained. CIA director George Tenet testified to this before Congress on 4/12/00:
"I'm here today to discuss specific issues about and allegations regarding Signals Intelligence activities and the so-called Echelon Program of the National Security Agency.
There is a rigorous regime of checks and balances which we, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and the FBI scrupulously adhere to whenever conversations of U.S. persons are involved, whether directly or indirectly. We do not collect against U.S. persons unless they are agents of a foreign power as that term is defined in the law. We do not target their conversations for collection in the United States unless a FISA warrant has been obtained from the FISA court by the Justice Department."
President had legal authority to OK taps
By John Schmidt
Published December 21, 2005
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0512210142dec21,1,2062394.story?coll=chi-technology-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
The author served as associate attorney general of the United States under President Clinton