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FISA Court Approved Bush Spy Program
Newsmax ^ | Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005 1:14 p.m. EST | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 12/20/2005 11:40:16 AM PST by JustAnotherOkie

Contrary to claims by Democrats currently hyperventilating on Capitol Hill over President Bush's decision to use the National Security Agency to monitor communications among terrorists, Bush's so-called "illegal" spy program has indeed undergone judicial review.

And a special foreign intelligence surveillance appeals court set up to review the case confirmed that such "warrantless searches" were completely legal.

Notes OpinionJournal.com today:

"The allegation of Presidential law-breaking rests solely on the fact that Mr. Bush authorized wiretaps without first getting the approval of the court established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978."

But the Journal notes that in a 2002 case dubbed: "In Re: Sealed Case," the FISA appeals court decision cited a previous FISA case [U.S. v. Truong], where a federal court "held that the President did have inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches to obtain foreign intelligence information."

The court's decision went on to say: "We take for granted that the President does have that authority and, assuming that is so, FISA could not encroach on the President's constitutional power."

What's more, notes the Journal: "The two district court judges who have presided over the FISA court since 9/11 also knew about" the Bush surveillance program.


TOPICS: Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; fisa; homelandsecurity; nsa; patriotleak; spying; wiretap
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1 posted on 12/20/2005 11:40:18 AM PST by JustAnotherOkie
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To: JustAnotherOkie

I'd feel a lot better if this wasn't from NewsLax.


2 posted on 12/20/2005 11:42:26 AM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: JustAnotherOkie
It's all blowing up in the liberals face today. How long can the MSM keep the lid on?
3 posted on 12/20/2005 11:42:49 AM PST by b4its2late (Liberals are good examples of why some animals eat their young.)
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To: JustAnotherOkie

The DIMS' plans for a BUSH impeachment party are being dashed against the rocks of fact...


4 posted on 12/20/2005 11:43:39 AM PST by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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To: JustAnotherOkie
We knew this last week.
5 posted on 12/20/2005 11:43:47 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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To: GLDNGUN
I'd feel a lot better if this wasn't from NewsLax.

Me to but I couldn't resist.
6 posted on 12/20/2005 11:44:08 AM PST by JustAnotherOkie
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To: GLDNGUN

It's from the WSJ Sherlock


7 posted on 12/20/2005 11:45:14 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: GLDNGUN

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007703


9 posted on 12/20/2005 11:46:19 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: GLDNGUN
N.Y. Times, Get Your N.S.A. Stories Straight
10 posted on 12/20/2005 11:46:21 AM PST by b4its2late (Liberals are good examples of why some animals eat their young.)
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To: JustAnotherOkie

But..But..But.. this isn't what the report NPR Radio has been replaying for the last 3 days says.


11 posted on 12/20/2005 11:47:03 AM PST by contemplator (Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
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To: GLDNGUN

Newsmax is a little, shall we say, idiosyncratic. But it's usually accurate with its facts. So this pretty much puts this whole issue to bed.


12 posted on 12/20/2005 11:48:23 AM PST by rushmom (l)
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To: JustAnotherOkie

This is just great. How many more State secrets can we reveal today?


13 posted on 12/20/2005 11:50:28 AM PST by msnimje (Political Correctness -- An OFFENSIVE attempt not to offend.)
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To: frogjerk
The DIMS' plans for a BUSH impeachment party are being dashed against the rocks of fact - notice too the mud they are throwing gets cleaned up faster and faster every time. No waiting for Fitzmas on this one, 4-5 days on the news cycle and everyone knows its bogus.
15 posted on 12/20/2005 11:51:49 AM PST by SF Republican
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To: Dumb Head

In 1982, the NY Times was not a liberal rag sheet like it is today.


16 posted on 12/20/2005 11:51:55 AM PST by b4its2late (Liberals are good examples of why some animals eat their young.)
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To: JustAnotherOkie
The issue here is not proof or evidence or even law, it is the seriousness of the charge.
17 posted on 12/20/2005 11:52:19 AM PST by JustAnotherOkie
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To: JustAnotherOkie
Bump!


And that goes for all you liberal newspapers too!


18 posted on 12/20/2005 11:53:32 AM PST by W04Man (Bush2004 Grassroots Campaign We Did It! NOW.... PLEASE STAY THE COURSE!)
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To: traderrob6
It's from the WSJ Sherlock

Well, yeah -- NewsWax doesn't really do its own reporting, but it does have its own special way of reporting what others have reported, only "better."

Sorry... When I see the NewsMax link, I immediately know that the article can't be accepted at face value.

19 posted on 12/20/2005 11:53:53 AM PST by r9etb
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To: Dumb Head
"Although I am right wing nut job, I an skeptical with news from NEWSMAX, because to defeat a liberal you must bring facts from the New York Times."

Oh. And if the New York Times doesn't bother reporting the facts, I guess it goes without saying that the seriousness of the charge trumps the veracity of proof every single time.

20 posted on 12/20/2005 11:54:22 AM PST by Reactionary (The Stalinist Media is the Enemy)
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