Thanks for posting this!
Great background post.
The headlines, if any, should read: BUSH DEFENDS AMERICA instead of the typical left-media BUSH SPIES ON AMERICANS.
If Bush wasn't President, we would have been attacked several more times since 9/11/01, and thousands more civilians here in the U.S. would have died. Perhaps hundreds of thousands.
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 119
CHAPTER 119—WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
I have read the complete chapter and numerous times it gives the Attorney General authorization to allow a tap as long as a judge is notified immediately after and who's to say they weren't? The FISA court is so secret that they can't even disclose if they were notified after the fact.
Of course if he didn't have these warrantless searches and the Brooklyn Bridge was blown to pieces by the terrorists, well then we can just BASH BUSH for NOT protecting us.
Both sides of the issue or should I say EITHER side of the issue is just as appropriate to the leftists commies American haters that we call Democrats and the Main Stream Media.
The ACLU's selection outrage and how Clinton spied on American citizens.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542539/posts
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How do you know who it is until you listen to the call, though?
Unfortunately the MSM doesn't rely on facts and discourages their use. All morning, Bush has been portrayed as illegally spying on US citizens... and that's what Joe & Jane Blow will believe.
"the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order"
What part of "without a court order" don't the RATS understand?
Congressman Billybob
Excellent. I hope Bush has his ducks in a row on this; bucause the Dem think they can nail him.
Good post Valin.
Question for all.
If terrorist A wants to talk to terrorist B without us listening, does he simply get a US citizen on a 3rd party line?
Would this protect terrorists outside of the US if they patch a US citizen in ?
2nd question for all.
If the president doesn't have the authority to intercept call from terrorists to US citizens shouldn't we be rushing legislation in to cover this hole in security?
And looky here. USSID 18 says the exact same thing.
http://ftp.die.net/mirror/cryptome/nsa-ussid18.htm#SECTION%204
SECTION 4 - COLLECTION
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.
Whatever happened to researching the laws behind stories BEFORE publishing?