A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos)

Quote of the Day (from Scott McClellan's press briefing): Q You kept saying "lawful." It's true the President -- there is a law that permits the President to get a warrant and wiretap. But he has not been doing that; he's been breaking the law. Al Gore said he broke the law. The ACLU is filing a suit. Why does he break the law? I mean, he has the means and the tools to do what --

MR. McCLELLAN: I reject that wholeheartedly, Helen. The legal justification has been spelled out by the Department of Justice.

In terms of Al Gore's comments, I think his hypocrisy knows no bounds. It was the Clinton administration that used warrantless physical searches. An example is what they did in the case of Aldrich Ames. And it was the Deputy Attorney General under the Clinton administration that testified before Congress and said, "First, the Department of Justice believes and the case law supports that the President has inherent authority" -- inherent authority -- "to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes and that the President may, as has been done, delegate this authority to the Attorney General." This is testimony, public testimony before the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

I would also point out that a former associate Attorney General under the Clinton administration said that every President since FISA's passage has asserted that he retained inherent power to go beyond the Act's terms -- under President Clinton -- and he pointed to the Deputy Attorney General's comments that I just referenced.

1 posted on 01/17/2006 6:04:58 PM PST by ohioWfan

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MEGA DOSE PING!!!!!!!!!!!

2 posted on 01/17/2006 6:05:20 PM PST by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)

3 posted on 01/17/2006 6:05:32 PM PST by MamaB (mom to an Angel)

4 posted on 01/17/2006 6:05:40 PM PST by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)

Almost number one.....

With Tom Bock of the American Legion......

5 posted on 01/17/2006 6:05:54 PM PST by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)

6 posted on 01/17/2006 6:06:00 PM PST by Kate of Spice Island (Bid for my *Original* tagline on e-bay...)

7 posted on 01/17/2006 6:06:02 PM PST by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)

8 posted on 01/17/2006 6:06:06 PM PST by Merlinator (Come to Wisconsin, where even the dead have a vote...or 2 or 3)

9 posted on 01/17/2006 6:06:14 PM PST by Beaker

Hi there. How are you?

10 posted on 01/17/2006 6:06:16 PM PST by MamaB (mom to an Angel)

With Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt......

Enjoying a laugh..........I think about the Tour de France.....

Coming home....................from somewhere. :)

11 posted on 01/17/2006 6:06:34 PM PST by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)

with any kind of luck, I'll be in the top ten.

12 posted on 01/17/2006 6:06:53 PM PST by altura

13 posted on 01/17/2006 6:07:04 PM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

LOTS of pics of Laura in Ghana! These are in Accra....

This is Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor ......

Laura LOVES books!

14 posted on 01/17/2006 6:07:11 PM PST by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)

15 posted on 01/17/2006 6:07:21 PM PST by altura

Those are some good pictures.

16 posted on 01/17/2006 6:07:29 PM PST by MamaB (mom to an Angel)

At the Korle-bu Treatment Center.......

Barbara's with her.......

17 posted on 01/17/2006 6:07:41 PM PST by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)

The hair...the hair...the hair...

18 posted on 01/17/2006 6:07:53 PM PST by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)

With the Peace Corps..........

19 posted on 01/17/2006 6:08:08 PM PST by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)

Arriving for a tour of the Christianborg Castle in Acra......

Those are dancers in the background........

A question from the press?

20 posted on 01/17/2006 6:08:58 PM PST by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)

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