..yawn......
Newsweek. Now there's a winner. I'm old enough to remember a time when Newsweek and Time were respected publications and not tabloids. And MTV used to show videos too.
Hey johnny jihad altar, that is exactly what you want to do. You and your liberal democrat cohorts.
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SECRET SEARCH ON AMERICANS -- WITHOUT COURT ORDER
CARTER EXECUTIVE ORDER: 'ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE' WITHOUT COURT ORDER
Bill Clinton Signed Executive Order that allowed Attorney General to do searches without court approval
Clinton, February 9, 1995: "The Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order"
WASH POST, July 15, 1994: Extend not only to searches of the homes of U.S. citizens but also -- in the delicate words of a Justice Department official -- to "places where you wouldn't find or would be unlikely to find information involving a U.S. citizen... would allow the government to use classified electronic surveillance techniques, such as infrared sensors to observe people inside their homes, without a court order."
Deputy Attorney General Jamie S. Gorelick, the Clinton administration believes the president "has inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches for foreign intelligence purposes."
Secret searches and wiretaps of Aldrich Ames's office and home in June and October 1993, both without a federal warrant.
Jimmy Carter Signed Executive Order on May 23, 1979: "Attorney General is authorized to approve electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information without a court order."
END
The unrelenting search by the left for something on Bush so they may return to their favorite sports: Denigrating the United States and redistribution of other peoples' money.
And the lies continue to mount. BTW, don't all Jonathan Alter columns require a "barf alert" warning? (LOL)
How does Jonathan Alter know the subject of the taps were American citizens as he claims?
Some might have been and then none may have been. How does he know?
LOL, a Carter speech writer helping the emeny?
Working for Newsweek?
"Yawn" is right!
This man is dispicable. I think what we IMMEDIATELY need to do is to switch from defense to offense.
Enough explaining to these morons that what Bush did was perfectly legal and enough trying to justify it based on what past President's have done.
Our focus (and that of the Bush Administration) needs to immediately change to OFFENSE. I'd like to see all Republican leadership who appear on tv, no matter what the reason, discuss our determination to discover WHO is responsible for leaking this information and on the steps that need to be taken to punish them to the fullest extent of the law.
I certainly hope that the Republican leadership does NOT allow themselves to remain on the defense about this for months and months to come. Real crimes have been committed and must be prosecuted, our lives may depend on it.
Alter will be on the Bill O'Reilly radio show today. Whether you like Bill or not, he will chew Alter up and spit him out.
"Finally we have a Washington scandal that goes beyond sex, corruption...."
I thought he was going to say...."And goes into the mysterious death of a White House lawyer, whose body was found laying in an odd position, holding a gun, with carpet fibers all over his body, in Ft Marcy Park."
Or...."And goes into the mysterious death of the Secretary of Commerce, who was killed in a plane that for some odd reason, did not have a black-box...the secretary's briefcase, which purportedly held evidence of administration trading of seats on commerce trips in exchange for political donations, has not been found."
Or.... "And goes into the mysterious disappearance of top-secret files from America's Sandia labs..."
Or... "And goes into the transfer of missle technology from Loral (a big contributor) to Communist China."
But nooooooooooooo!!!
Before he sits down to write this tripe, does Jonny-boy take vicadin?
I'm still waiting on Michael Moore's analysis of this. And what about Wavy Gravy, has he chimed in yet? Kanye West?
About as legit as a Jonathan Alter Newsweek piece.
Never trust anyone who always looks like they're ready to burst into tear. Alter has a permanent pout on his face.
Now that I think about it, if we enforced the sedition laws Jonathan Alter would be in prison.
Nobody believes anything this Leftie says anymore. he couldn't review Mary Mapes book in the NYT Review of Books without talking out of both sides of his mouth.
Alter=liberal agenda!
Alter does not work for me.