President Bush says he would get a court order for wiretaps
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This is what President Bush had to say about wiretaps on April 20, 2004
Please note the President has authorized the NSA to use wiretaps on hundreds (if not thousands) of U.S. Citizens.
This is what President Bush had to say about wiretaps on April 20, 2004
Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution.Full text and audio of speech here.
Please note the President has authorized the NSA to use wiretaps on hundreds (if not thousands) of U.S. Citizens.
posted by Michael M at 8:28 AM
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Where in the above post does it say that a foreign number explicitly linked to Al Queda has a "reasonable expectation of privacy."?
And of course since there is no oversight to this since the court specifically set up to expidite and handle these wiretaps in secret is being circumvented, all we have is the Bush administration saying "trust us".
And there you go again citing things I did not say. Look closely and you won't find the word "constitution" in my posting unless you're referring to President Bush's quote about constitutional guarantees.
It's the Patriot Act that set up a court to provide oversight to this process. President Bush has decided he does not need to abide by the Patriot Act and that his executive powers superceeds laws that congress has passed.
For the moment let's assume that he does legally have that power. Why set up a second system to do exactly the same thing? The secret court has swiftly approved thousands of warrants and has only rejected a few. It appears the only difference between the system approved by law and the system Bush uses is one has oversight and accountability and one does not. If you know of any other differences, please let me know.
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