Comments on: IN WHICH I AM HEARTILY SICK OF GLENN GREENWALD

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Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:17:05 +0000

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By: jpe

jpe — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:14:01 +0000

“Got it. That would explain why FDR isnâ€™t on Bobâ€™s list.”

That’s a pretty dumb thing to say, wrymouth.

By: Bugaboo

Bugaboo — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 02:28:05 +0000

If it isn’t illegal why is/was Congress interested in trying to legalize it post-fact and make that legalization retroactive?

By: W. Pittman

W. Pittman — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:35:51 +0000

“I asked he and other civil liberties absolutists to ‘Bite Me’”

I asked he? Is that the best you can do with the English language?

By: jim

jim — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:54:00 +0000

Look, it’s so simple.

Warrants.

Warrants warrants warrants warrants.

The law requires warrants.

Warrants are easily gotten. 5 out of 15,000 have ever been refused.

Warrants can be gotten for up to 72 hours after the fact. That’s 3 days.

There has been no reason EVER presented, for why the Bush administration could not or even should not have gotten warrants.

Let me present it for you in equation form:

Legal = surveillance + warrants
Illegal = surveillance - warrants

X = (Bush administration wiretapping program)
X = surveillance - warrants

Can you solve for X?

By: george hanna

george hanna — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:16:40 +0000

The gramatically challenged ought to look it
up. “I asked he…” Jeez.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:39:02 +0000

“There is a deadly infection invading this country and it must be stopped as quickly as possible, then we can go back to our pre 9/11 mentality.”

Certainly, just lets not continue with this Pre-November the 7th mentality. Your time is over, as soon as you come to terms with that, we can get on with things.

By: peachkfc

peachkfc — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:04:46 +0000

I’m sorry, Rick, but “Bite Me” is not a legal argument or any kind of argument that even John Yoo would make. More important, what you seem to be incapable of understanding, or, maybe, what you willfully refuse to understand, is that the technological and alleged “civil liberties protections” details of the Administration’s domestic spying program are irrelevant. The very fact that this “program” even exists is all that is necessary to establish that it is unlawful as it is unquestionably in direct violation of FISA. So, with that out of the way, BITE ME!

By: wrymouth

wrymouth — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:22:15 +0000

“This administration has used 9/11 as an excuse to destroy the rule of law more than any administration in my lifetime.”

Somehow, I find that statement irrefutable.

Oh! I am parsing the sentence incorrectly.

Got it. That would explain why FDR isn’t on Bob’s list.

When all is said and done, however, I concur with most correspondents here in at least one aspect: either care about All Presidents and All Their Illegal Surveillance, or don’t.

I actually don’t care, as I have never seen a president (in my lifetime) even begin to rise to the level of tyrant. And I go back to Kennedy. If this came up during Clinton’s presidency, I wouldn’t have cared, either. Or during John Anderson’s, either. ;o) I have always figured the president and his staff have tricks up their sleeve that I know nothing about. It doesn’t worry me. This is America.

But, I will sincerely give kudoes to those who DO care, as long as they will care when the next guy does it, as well (be he Democrat, Republican or Other).

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:01:18 +0000

I’m heartily sick of Bush supporters who were screaming about how sacrosanct the “Rule of Law” was when it was Clinton in the White House. This administration has used 9/11 as an excuse to destroy the rule of law more than any administration in my lifetime.