Posted on 01/18/2007 7:10:21 AM PST by jrooney
The more and more you look at AG Gonzales’ letter on the Domestic Survelliance/FISA issue, the more you see that rather than the administration backing down, they in fact solidified the program.
My sources tell me that this move has been in the works - as indeed the AG wrote - for a long time. As we say the program is effectually “bulletproof”.
Orin Kerr:
“If this does involve a blanket order approving the entire program, it would seem to be a very clever move by DOJ. It would achieve four things, as I see it. First, it would make the TSP program very difficult to challenge. I gather no one would have standing to appeal the FISC order to the FISA Court of Review; even if the FISC order is unlawful, it’s unclear as a procedural matter how it could be challenged. Second, it might moot the pending NSA litigation, or at least render any opinion in that case of very limited consequence. Third, it puts the Administration in the position of having obtained a court order, so that even if the order is unlawful it’s “the judge’s decision” rather than the Executive’s. And fourth, it might help persuade the press to focus elsewhere; the press would be sure to present this as a concession to the Administration’s critics (as the N.Y. Times did today), and the press is likely to be much less interested after they think the Administration has backed down.”
Watching the the more rabid critics on the left, and their buds in the MSM it’s clear that they have no clue what hit them, but it’s going to be fun to watch them when they do.
GW boxed the dummies in, and they do not even realize it yet. Game, set ,match.
Should be posted on breaking news.
When I heard that POS Ron Kuby earlier and he liked it I knew research was needed.
You ARE a paid disruptor, aren't you? What, do you have a list of hot-button issues which you just rotate into threads as events warrant?
Pfft. Begone.
Good catch! Hahahahahhaha!
If you are too dense to notice, this is not an immigration thread.
You'll have to bash the President somewhere else.
Can someone help catch me up here? (link?) Did Bush just say, "ok let's get a court order to authenticate Carnivore?" or whatever it is?
Heheheh!
I just hit abuse on him. The mods either want to keep control of this forum or they don't; whoever is on this morning clearly thinks a little control is a good think.
Exactly. Shhhhh!!!
ping If you have any question on this let me know.
However, some of these trolls have a set of requirements for President Bush that Jesus Christ couldn't meet, and when he does something good, it is suddenly not good enough and they move the bar higher or switch to another complaint.
A liberal tactic, if you ask me.
Yes! I was posting to his, and he just disappeared from the screen. (I think you banned him, I'm not dissapointed)
Yep. My payment is your irritation.
Bush hasn't even tried.
Heh heh, good post. Thanks.
Probably just suspended. The mods have posted warnings before for freepers to stay on topic and I've saved them to my word file and will start using those posts by the mods.
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