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> "I want to be absolutely clear, what the president ordered in this case was a crime"

24 January 2006, 03:18

But we don’t want to commit crimes to get that information. Congress told Bush he didn’t have the authority to do this... so Bush just ignored them and decided to do it anyway. Being at war doesn’t give the President the right to violate Constitutional law.

The Bush camp is saying they thought the 2001 resolution to take action against alqaeda included unauthorized wiretaps, but ignorance of the law has never been a valid defense. I think Bush may get impeached on this one. This is as clear and blatant a violation of law as there ever was.