I guess it isn't really the President pardoning himself, but it is the Republican controlled house and senate that are passing this bill. And I only am hearing this info from the far left, so is this really true, and how can this be acceptable?
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This week, the Senate is planning to quietly hold a vote that would pardon President Bush for breaking the law by illegally wiretapping innocent Americans without warrants. According to Senator Leahy, the bill would "...immunize officials who have violated federal law by authorizing such illegal activities."1
President Bush broke the law, and courts are starting to agree. Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter once said the program was illegal "on its face." But he has now caved to pressure from Vice President Cheney, and introduced legislation that marks a new low: the bill justifies everything the president did. Worse, it makes it legal to wiretap Americans, in secret, without warrants or oversight, whenever the administration wants to
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The "compromise" bill will:
* Abandon the rule of law and give the President the freedom to interpret the Geneva Conventions any way he sees fit.
* Provide immunity to those responsible for past human rights abuses
* Exempt from prosecution those who authorize treatment traditionally considered torture.
* Strip detainees of access to US courts.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoRjbIQMXGQ