By Congressman John Conyers Jr.
There can be no doubt that today we are in a constitutional crisis that threatens the system of checks and balances that has preserved our fundamental freedoms for more than 200 years. There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation’s laws by authorizing the NSA to engage in warrantless surveillance of US citizens.
The Bush Administration offers two arguments to justify their actions. (…)
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Democrats Hold Hearing on Illegal Spying
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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Anti establishment candidate leads in Peru
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Peruvian nationalist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala for the first time is leading public opinion polls, 28%, but conservative candidate Lourdes Flores would anyhow defeat him in the event of a run off, 46% to 39% according to the Lima Sunday press.
According to the survey published in Lima’s leading daily El Comercio, anti-establishment candidate Humala leads with 28%, followed by Flores 25% and two former presidents, Alan Garcia and Valentin Paniagua, with 15 and 10%.
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Morales’s rise inspires Andean groups
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Indigenous organizations in the region hope to gain a boost from Evo Morales’s victory in Bolivia.
By Lucien Chauvin
LIMA, PERU - The day before Bolivia’s president-elect Evo Morales dons the presidential sash in front of more than a dozen visiting heads of state Sunday, he will stand barefoot and wear a traditional woven poncho at the Tiahuanaco ruins near the shores of Lake Titicaca, paying homage to mother earth and father sun in an ancient indigenous ceremony.
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Call is out to impeach Bush
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsWASHINGTON — A Democratic congressman, a prominent legal scholar and a self-described target of government surveillance urged Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee on Friday to consider impeaching President George W. Bush for his domestic surveillance program.
The recommendation by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., law scholar Jonathan Turley and Florida-based political activist Richard Hersh emerged at an unofficial Judiciary Committee hearing staged entirely by Democrats.
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"I want to be absolutely clear, what the president ordered in this case was a crime"
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
7 commentsLegal experts, privacy advocates and Democratic lawmakers on Friday called for congressional and independent investigations into whether the Bush administration broke the law by authorizing a secret program to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens without a court order.
Seven Democrats held an unofficial hearing in the basement of a House office building to examine revelations that Bush ordered the National Security Agency to conduct warrantless wiretaps.
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"If the president commits a criminal act, you are obligated to hold impeachment hearings"
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Washington — House Democrats warned President Bush, top leaders of his administration and officials of the National Security Agency on Friday that if the political climate changes they could face criminal prosecution for ordering and carrying out warrantless domestic eavesdropping.
"These are clearly crimes and the statute of limitations extends beyond this president’s term,’’ which will end in January 2009, said Rep. Jerry Nadler D-N.Y., at an ad hoc hearing called by House Judiciary (…) -
"The Constitution was based on the principle that ’trust me’ isn’t good enough"
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
WASHINGTON // As the White House prepared to ratchet up its defense for the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans without court warrants, a small group of House Democrats convened legal experts and advocates in a basement hearing room to poke holes in the administration’s legal rationale.
President Bush’s argument that he has executive power to authorize such surveillance "flies in the face of both common sense and legal precedent," said Rep. John Conyers Jr., the top (…) -
Democrats urged to consider impeachment
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsWASHINGTON - A Democratic congressman, a prominent legal scholar and a self-described target of government surveillance urged Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee yesterday to consider impeaching President Bush for his domestic surveillance program.
The recommendation by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., law scholar Jonathan Turley and Florida-based political activist Richard Hersh emerged at an unofficial House Judiciary Committee hearing staged entirely by Democrats on the day that (…) -
They hate our freedoms?Why did the President circumvent the government and disregard those freedoms?
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 comments(Washington, DC) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) issued the following statement today at a Democratic Judiciary hearing, which questioned the legality of President Bush’s controversial domestic surveillance programs. The hearing focused on findings by the New York Times and other news sources, which have been corroborated by the Administration that President Bush authorized domestic spying on U.S. citizens by the National Security Agency (NSA) without court approval. In addition, Richard (…)
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Above the Law
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
The Senate Judiciary committee will be voting on the confirmation of Samuel Alito next week. I had not been watching the hearings or following the "Alito story" too closely, (he will most likely be confirmed by the committee), today however, the story became interesting. The democrats lashed out at Bushco and Samuel Alito. Senator Leahy came out to say he will vote no to Alito who he feels will not provide the necessary check "at a time when the president is seizing unprecedented power" (…)