Bush won't reauthorize eavesdropping program

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[Sub-Driver]

Bush won't reauthorize eavesdropping program Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:10 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has decided not to reauthorize the controversial domestic warrantless surveillance program for terrorism suspects and to put it under the authority of a secret special court, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Wednesday.

"The president has determined not to reauthorize the Terrorist Surveillance Program

[oceanview]

what is going on here? have we totally given up. this was one issue that most americans supported the President on, so he gives up?

[roses of sharon]

Elections matter.

[samtheman]

bad

[abercrombie_guy_38]

Balls quickly shrinking, I guess.

[AU72]

"Can you hear me now Osama?"

[oceanview]

this wasn't an election issue, and we certainly have votes in the senate to support this program. there was no need to cave in on this.

[oceanview]

and by caving in on this, the administration simply makes the Dems appear as if their position was right all along about this program.

[AGreatPer]

I really don't get this. President Bush has nothing to lose by reauthorizing this.

[MizSterious]

We really don't need enemies. We're just so doggoned good at it ourselves, we can dispense with outside enemies.

*I am terribly disappointed in our President, if this article turns out to be true, and not just media spin.

[Dark Skies]

It doesn't sound like he has given up as much as it sounds like he is going to try a different tack. I would like to know more about this "secret special court."

[roses of sharon]

LOL, voters know, and knew when voting, that the Dims were after him on this issue, along with the Patriot Act, Guantanamo, domestic WOT, ect. They knew what they were giving up for anger over "earmarks", Foley, and Iraq. They are sick of war period. At home and abroad.

They choose whom they wanted to protect them, and the majority wanted the Dims to take over Congress.

Its very simple, the 9/11 movie is over for Americans.

[fschmieg]

The problem with you guys here is that you are so reactionary!! Even the NYTimes website has a longer article stating that Gonzales has already gotten approvals for 2 such actions on Jan. 10. Before going off in an anti-Bush frenzy, why don't you wait until you get the entire explanation of what this is and why?

[KoRn]

Capitulator and Chief!

[Brad from Tennessee]

In what passes for a "news" media in the U.S. Bush is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. He needs to be damned for doing the right thing and reauthorize this vital program.

[AmeriBrit]

He's just going to use a different method by the looks of things.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769059/posts

[svcw]

We now have a gelded president.

[Zeko]

Is it possible that disclosure of the program rendered it sufficiently useless that it is not worth keeping?

[Pukin Dog]

Before any of you rubes start blaming the President, try to understand that elections matter, and you single issue, "Bush spends like a drunken sailor" nutbags who stayed home on election day have only yourselves to blame.

[Cicero]

This seems clear enough.

"Any electronic surveillance that was occurring as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program will now be conducted subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court," Gonzales said.

Possibly Bush decided he could get it done through the court, since I believe the most clintonoid member of the court earlier resigned in protest over the warrentless surveillance issue.

Gonzalez is said to have said this to Democrats in the Senate, so I suppose it's possible they are misrepresenting what he said, but I kind of doubt it in this case.