>You will find that this surveillance will be found to be legal.>
Just where should we look to "find" this? Not in the Constitution, to be sure. Perhaps there’s a secret presidential "finding" that W has tucked away in his desk. Or maybe John Yoo penned a memorandum for the Justice Department to this effect.
For the record, James Madison never attempted to overturn civil liberties on such a scale when Washington was invaded and the White House burned; Theodore Roosevelt never invoked such powers when the president was shot by an anarchist terrorist; even Abraham Lincoln never took such steps when the Union was fighting for its survival (620,000 dead, not 3000)—Congress authorized his emergency powers and half of them clamored that he was too lax.
Look, democracy is not for everyone. I can understand that. Some people feel more comfortable in a dictatorship. Evidently you’re one of them. No problem—just don’t claim that such activity is "legal."
>You will find that this surveillance will be found to be legal.>
Just where should we look to "find" this? Not in the Constitution, to be sure. Perhaps there’s a secret presidential "finding" that W has tucked away in his desk. Or maybe John Yoo penned a memorandum for the Justice Department to this effect.
For the record, James Madison never attempted to overturn civil liberties on such a scale when Washington was invaded and the White House burned; Theodore Roosevelt never invoked such powers when the president was shot by an anarchist terrorist; even Abraham Lincoln never took such steps when the Union was fighting for its survival (620,000 dead, not 3000)—Congress authorized his emergency powers and half of them clamored that he was too lax.
Look, democracy is not for everyone. I can understand that. Some people feel more comfortable in a dictatorship. Evidently you’re one of them. No problem—just don’t claim that such activity is "legal."
cwhig