Carter allowed surveillance in 1977

Washington Times ^ | Feb. 11, 2006 | Charles Hurt

[conservativecorner]

He never met a dictator he didn't love.

[ThirstyMan]

Ha ha!

Carter is such a FOOL!!!

He still can't steer a straight line. You'd understand if he were a drunk...but he's not a drunk.

He's just a FOOL!!!

[StatenIsland]

Absolutely delicious. What a fool - a dangerous fool.

[tkathy]

Carter fails to mention that he was active in the democrat party in the when it was the party of the KKK.

[jdm]

Look at the similarities....

Carter's shirt and Castro's.

All Carter needs is a belt.

[frankjr]

"The Truong case, however, involved surveillance that began in 1977, before the enactment of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which established a secret court for granting foreign intelligence warrants.
Democrats and some Republicans in Congress say FISA guidelines, approved in 1978 when Mr. Carter was president, are the only way the president may conduct surveillance on U.S. soil.
Administration officials say the president has constitutional authority to conduct surveillance without warrants in the name of national security. The only way Congress could legitimately curtail that authority, they argue, is through an amendment to the Constitution. "

Exactly, that "things are different because of FISA" is a load of crap. The Congress can not pass a law that overrules the Constitution. If there is a conflict the Constitution wins every time.

[petercooper]

I never realized Castro was so tall

[DCPatriot]

I never realized Castro was so tall

Oh, that's just the viagra doing it's thing.

[Piquaboy]

That is because he is a communist sympathizer.

[elfman2]

"And no one knows how many innocent Americans have had their privacy violated under this secret act," he said."

My guess is that he's most worried about intercepted terrorists are saying about their relationship with him and his colleagues.

[Reo]

"I never realized Castro was so tall"

Maybe it's just that Mr. Peanut is as small and petty as he acts.........

[Publius6961]

The kindest thing we can say about Carter is that he was a mistake.
Every American seems to know it except him.

Watching him dig a deeper hole into oblivion can be a good spectator sport.

[Dewy]

[OldFriend]

Carter's disgusting lack of patriotism is reinforced by a media with an agenda. BUSH BASHING at any cost.

[Hoodat]

This is exactly the route that the Bush Administration should take. Forget the argument about the Patriot Act giving the President this authority. The authority lies in Article II.

US v. Truong set the precedent for this. Since then, three other Circuit Courts have reached the same conclusion (including the 9th). Even the FIS Court of Review has said that FISA cannot encroach upon the "inherent authority" of the President.

US v. Truong

[ThirstyMan]

Carter's disgusting lack of patriotism ...

For sure!

We can now identify his problem as a medical condition: accusing republicans without memory of their own past sins. Let's call it "carter's amnesia".

Looks like Harry Reid is coming down with a BIG case of it too....$68,000 in contributions from Jack Abramoff to Reid's coffers. NICE WORK HARRY!! So much for the "republican" scandal.

Ha-ha-ha, ho-ho-ho!

[CyberAnt]

"The Congress can not pass a law that overrules the Constitution."


That's a load of hogwash .. the congress has done it time and time again. Roe v. Wade, CFR, affirmative action, etc.

[popdonnelly]

Looks like the Dems will have to find a new spokesman. BWAHAHAHAHA!

[Chode]

HA ha...
and the RATS take another one in the...