Would the Senate give President a blank check for wiretapping?

You bet.
As the Washington Post reports, the US Senate has passed a bill "supported by President Bush that would enable the administration to continue a warrantless wiretapping program that the White House launched after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks." This all comes thanks in part by a failure by one of the last powerful Republican moderates, Arlen Specter, to not give into the Bush administrations questionable — to say the least — belief and policy that they can wiretap 'terrorists' without warrants or oversight. Specter, I guess I as wrong about your following of the constitution and legal common sense. Whatever happened to the whole FISA-following and I-question-the-legality-of-this program Specter who tried to investigate the program but was stonewalled by the White House. (As can be expected, most Democrats, and surely some Republicans too, are not happy about the NSA's cooperation with the Senate investigation.) I guess Bush's barrier on Congressional oversight worked.

Isn't American freedom and liberty great? Hmm...


More stories: "President Bush's Reality", an editorial from The New York Times and "White House Replies to Charge of Politicizing 9/11" (oh, really?) by the NYT also.


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