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  • AN OPEN-ENDED WAR

    12/30/2005 5:09:26 PM PST · by Bob Dobolina · 77 replies · 1,201+ views
    Financial Sense ^ | 12/30/05 | J.R. Nyquist
    Does the Constitution empower the Bush administration to eavesdrop on Americans here at home? Has Congress unwittingly given the President special powers without realizing what they’ve done? The Bush administration believes it can do many things not allowed prior to September 2001. Other politicians, from both sides of the aisle, aren’t so sure. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) thinks that judicially unauthorized domestic spying is “inappropriate.” Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) finds the idea “troubling.” Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) fears that “Big Brother [has already] run amok.” Such are samples of the reaction to news that President Bush authorized the National Security...