Posted on 01/17/2007 11:21:09 AM PST by 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
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it wasn't used as a political wedge issue in campaign ads beyond the Dick Morris one, and by talk radio, which is preaching to the choir anyway.
the administration doesn't want to deal with the senate oversight, and they never make any attempt to use these kinds of issues to marginalize the Democrats.
Was ist los?
Why not just say you won't and do it anyway like the last administration?
its the FISA court.
and what happens when an intercept is made, and the FISA court doesn't feel it justifies a retro-active warrant - NSA is forced to "forget" that they passed the information to the FBI, and everybody walks free?
Disappointment after disappointment after disappointment.
Damn you, Dub, stop letting us down.
Rent, buy, or steal a pair.
the FISA court mechanism is badly flawed - that's why this program was instituted to bypass it in the first place.
Think about it!
I'd say they were cut off.
Mind numbed robots all.
the supreme court doesn't grant these warrants, the FISA court does.
so because 2 warrants were approved, we can trust that all future ones will be?
what's going to happen here is - the agents who work on this program, are going to look at the amount of work needed to get these FISA warrants - and just decide not to bother doing it for most intercepts. it won't be worth the trouble.
His or yours, armchair?
If that's the case, this truly sux.
I can't believe anyone would be on here thinking this is a GOOD move by the administration.
we all spent years saying how great it was that they were showing backbone on this national security issue. now it gets dumped, and we are still supposed to say its a great idea. you can't have it both ways.
Interesting note.. by giving the authority to the FISA court, and by replacing the members of the FISA court (which isn't reported on..) President Bush has made the program safe from any congressional legislation (ie, dems trying to kill it..) and keeps it going after the 08 elections..
Always more to the story than first reported...
Well, I guess if you all hate him now for no longer protecting us, the terrorists will think the same thing.
A bit obvious don't you think.
come on...he'll do whatever he has to, til they(libs) find out about it and blab it to the enemy....again!!
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