LEGAL Wiretapping…

Oh, man…I can hear the Libs imploding at this very moment…
FISA judges say Bush within law – Nation/Politics – The Washington Times

A panel of former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges yesterday told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that President Bush did not act illegally when he created by executive order a wiretapping program conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA).
The five judges testifying before the committee said they could not speak specifically to the NSA listening program without being briefed on it, but that a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act does not override the president’s constitutional authority to spy on suspected international agents under executive order.
“If a court refuses a FISA application and there is not sufficient time for the president to go to the court of review, the president can under executive order act unilaterally, which he is doing now,” said Judge Allan Kornblum, magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida and an author of the 1978 FISA Act.

Oh, the Libs will still complain it was illegal, but now they’ll just WRONG. So much for their grandiose visions of censure or impeachment. I can’t wait to hear them complain on the cable news shows tonight.
William Smith
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