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Dems: Bush Officials Could Face Charges After 2008
San Francisco Chronicle
Future charges possible, Dems warn White House
Statute of limitations extends past 2008, congressman says
Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau

Saturday, January 21, 2006


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 Committee's Democrats to assail Bush's contention that his order for warrantless domestic wiretaps on American citizens is legal

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