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Daschle: Congress Denied Bush War Powers in U.S.
Washington Post ^ | December 23, 2005 | Barton Gellman

Posted on 12/22/2005 8:50:01 PM PST by West Coast Conservative

The Bush administration requested, and Congress rejected, war-making authority "in the United States" in negotiations over the joint resolution passed days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to an opinion article by former Senate majority leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) in today's Washington Post.

Daschle's disclosure challenges a central legal argument offered by the White House in defense of the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. It suggests that Congress refused explicitly to grant authority that the Bush administration now asserts is implicit in the resolution.

The Justice Department acknowledged yesterday, in a letter to Congress, that the president's October 2001 eavesdropping order did not comply with "the 'procedures' of" the law that has regulated domestic espionage since 1978. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, established a secret intelligence court and made it a criminal offense to conduct electronic surveillance without a warrant from that court, "except as authorized by statute."

There is one other statutory authority for wiretapping, which covers conventional criminal cases. That law describes itself, along with FISA, as "the exclusive means by which electronic surveillance . . . may be conducted."

Yesterday's letter, signed by Assistant Attorney General William Moschella, asserted that Congress implicitly created an exception to FISA's warrant requirement by authorizing President Bush to use military force in response to the destruction of the World Trade Center and a wing of the Pentagon. The congressional resolution of Sept. 18, 2001, formally titled "Authorization for the Use of Military Force," made no reference to surveillance or to the president's intelligence-gathering powers, and the Bush administration made no public claim of new authority until news accounts disclosed the secret NSA operation.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Dakota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; congress; daschle; fisa; homelandsecurity; nsa; obstructionistdems; patriotleak; president; senate; september11; spying; terrorism; warpower; wiretaps
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To: AZRepublican

I think it is one of the reindeer


21 posted on 12/22/2005 9:16:51 PM PST by coon2000
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To: msnimje
This is why little Tommy Daschle now works at the Bismarck 7-11.

Little Tommy Daschle was so deeply saddened that he moved from South Dakota to North Dakota? I thought he really lived in the D.C. area anyway.

You know the Democrats have scraped the bottom of the barrel on this issue when losing candidates like little Tommy are leading the charge.
22 posted on 12/22/2005 9:25:24 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: West Coast Conservative

I'm not sure what this means exactly or where it would even fit in, but passing it along just in case!


http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/092502sup.html

No. 02-001
IN THE UNITED STATES FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE
COURT OF REVIEW

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IN RE [deleted]

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ON APPEAL FROM
THE UNITED STATES FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT

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SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES


23 posted on 12/22/2005 9:25:35 PM PST by AmeriBrit (HILLARY's1974 Watergate Crimes: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925684/posts)
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To: msnimje
This is why little Tommy Daschle now works at the Bismarck 7-11.

Congress needs to understand they can all be "Dashled".

24 posted on 12/22/2005 9:25:43 PM PST by p23185 (Why isn't attempting to take down a sitting Pres & his Admin considered Sedition?)
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To: conservative in nyc

Wouldn't someone have to be leaking information to him for him to know exactly what was going on?


25 posted on 12/22/2005 9:29:08 PM PST by AmeriBrit (HILLARY's1974 Watergate Crimes: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925684/posts)
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To: AmeriBrit
Wouldn't someone have to be leaking information to him for him to know exactly what was going on?

Not to give his biased view about negotiations on the use of force resolutions.
26 posted on 12/22/2005 9:39:02 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: West Coast Conservative

Well the voters of SD denied any power to Daschle.


27 posted on 12/22/2005 9:41:56 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey hey ho ho Andy Heyward's got to go!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Let's see.. the prez asks for advice from the top legal enforcement agent in the US (Attorney General) and takes that advice...and somehow a schlock like Tom Daschle thinks that he broke the law willingly?!??


28 posted on 12/22/2005 9:46:19 PM PST by Paloma_55 (Which part of "Common Sense" do you not understand???)
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To: West Coast Conservative

who?


29 posted on 12/22/2005 9:48:42 PM PST by SeeRushToldU_So (I didn't go.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Powerline just finished exhaustive legal research on the legality of the NSA taps. Its a good read.

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/012631.php


30 posted on 12/22/2005 9:55:33 PM PST by Fenris6 (3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
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To: conservative in nyc
He was exiled from South Dakota.
31 posted on 12/22/2005 9:57:44 PM PST by msnimje (Political Correctness -- An OFFENSIVE attempt not to offend.)
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To: msnimje
" BUT, they support the troops. " ....

Or this quote from the Dem-go-rats " How dare your question my patriotism "
32 posted on 12/22/2005 9:59:35 PM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: Darkwolf377
" I am no optimist, but I am sensing that the dems have outwitted themselves. They are explicitly making themselves out to be the Don't Fight Terrorism Party. " ......

And this very thing,,, the Republicans should repeat, and hammer the Dem-go-rats in next years election, and 2008 in the fact that not only is it not just rhetoric that the Demo-go-rats are weak in national security, but, in fact they ARE WEAK on national security.
33 posted on 12/22/2005 10:04:24 PM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Democrats, like Daschle, must have a huge discount at Home Depot and Lowe's. They keep buying shovels and using them.


34 posted on 12/22/2005 10:07:52 PM PST by Fledermaus (Please explain the difference between Al-Qaeda and the Left? Anyone? Anyone?)
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To: West Coast Conservative

And this guy really plans to run for President in '08?


35 posted on 12/22/2005 10:10:20 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: West Coast Conservative
Hey Daschle:

"Yes, I'll have fries with that."

36 posted on 12/22/2005 10:28:21 PM PST by EricT. (My pastor mentioned Samuel Taylor Coleridge and I thought of Iron Maiden.)
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To: AmeriBrit

He's got history with national security...unfortunately we now see as to why.


37 posted on 12/22/2005 10:50:05 PM PST by MillerCreek
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To: Darkwolf377

dems have outwitted themselves LMAO!


38 posted on 12/22/2005 10:52:34 PM PST by freema (Proud Marine Mom-What fools they are who doubt the ability of liberty to triumph over despotism)
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To: msnimje
This is why little Tommy Daschle now works at the Bismarck 7-11.

Wrong Dakota. Little Tommy would be employed by the Aberdeen 7-Eleven.

39 posted on 12/22/2005 10:54:00 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: freema

Granted, they don't have much to outwit themselves WITH... ;)


40 posted on 12/22/2005 11:00:45 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Warning: Adult language, but great Christmas message: http://foamy.libertech.net/noxmas.swf)
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