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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I think we know what happened and why.
I think we know the legal arguments used by the Administration.
I think we know the Administration wanted to keep the issue secret
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ace.....if you know what happened, then you know more than Congress.
So tell me how many US citizens were illegally wiretapped and what test of "reasonble cause" was used to justify such action (FISA requires that this information be provided to Congress on a quarterly or semi-annual basis)
Tell me...what is the legal basis for keeping it secret?
And tell me the specific legal argument used by the Administration that gives the president the unilateral power to bypass existing laws...and not just that the 2001 Use of Force Resolution provided the legal authorization (there must be some language in that resolution that the WH believed provided this extraordinary presidential power).
And the most important question of all:
Since the passage of the 2001 Use of Force resolution by Congress, has Bush invoked this alleged presidential authority under the resolution in order to undertake or authorize any other activities beyond warrantless wiretapping of American citizens.
ace....do you know the answer to this question? Do you think Congress has the right to know if the WH is conducting other illegal activities based on its own interpretation of presidential powers?
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
... Bush is responsible and I am sure he would attempt to clearly communicate what he did and why in the proper setting at the proper time and take full responsibility.
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Now that is a real leap of faith!
Based on what, I cant imagine....particularly in light of the WH destruction of millions of e-mails, Bush's EO to effectively nullify the Presidential Records Act, unprecedented claims of Executive Privilege in conversations/documents not directly involving the Pres, WH blocking DoJ internal investigations by denying security clearances to DoJ investigators, etc.