btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 05 2008 | law, bush
Quoted: The Justice Department has tried for more than two years to kill the lawsuit, saying any surveillance of the charity or other entities was a "state secret" and citing the president's constitutional power as commander in chief to order wiretaps without a warrant from a court under the agency's program.
But Judge Walker, who was appointed to the bench by former President George Bush, rejected those central claims in his 56-page ruling. He said the rules for surveillance were clearly established by Congress in 1978 under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which requires the government to get a warrant from a secret court.
- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 10 2008 | news, politics, law, bush
I just saw this, recorded a few weeks ago on my DVR. Regardless of your political persuasion, this story should make you mad.
Quoted: Valerie Plame Wilson, the former covert CIA officer whose leaked identity resulted in a national scandal that reached all the way to the White House, appears in her first interview since her cover was blown.
- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 13 2008 | political, law, news, politics, Bush
No surprise. Just another Bush lackey.
Quoted: Attorney General Michael Mukasey rejected the idea of criminally prosecuting former Justice Department employees who improperly used political litmus tests in hiring decisions.
- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 03 2008 | bush, cheney, war, iraq, constitution, law
Even The Colbert Report on Comedy Central lampooned the administration's attempts to cover up torture. Unfortunatly, this latest power grab by the Bush administration is no laughing matter.
- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 30 2008 | democrats, republicans, bush, politics, law
Quoted: A House panel Wednesday voted to cite former top White House aide Karl Rove for contempt of Congress as its Senate counterpart publicly pursued possible ...
- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 18 2008 | law, bush, politics, republicans, video
Video explains why Karl Rove should be cited and arrested for conmtempt of Congress for failing to honor a subpoena to testify before Congress
- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 09 2008 | bush, us, law
An inside account from one of the attorneys involved. If the judges ruling stands, it appears he may have essentially convicted Bush of multiple felonies.
Quoted: U.S. officials went to extremes to stifle our legal challenge to Bush's warrantless surveillance -- but a federal judge says the program is criminal, anyway.
- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 31 2008 | law, bush
No surprise here, sadly.
Quoted: The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee accused Attorney General Michael Mukasey of ducking questions Wednesday on whether waterboarding is torture despite his promise last year to study whether it is illegal.
- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 04 2007 | law, bush
Quoted: Democrats asked the Justice Department today to turn over secret legal opinions issued in 2005 that authorized the use of harsh interrogation techniques against terrorism suspects.
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One step closer to declaring martial law ...
Quoted: President Bush said Wednesday he wants Congress to expand and make permanent a law that temporarily gives the government more power to eavesdrop without warrants on suspected foreign terrorists.
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