Administration Pulls Back on Surveillance Agreement

[maddezmom]

by JAMES RISEN
Published: May 2, 2007
WASHINGTON, May 1 — Senior Bush administration officials told Congress on Tuesday that they could not pledge that the administration would continue to seek warrants from a secret court for a domestic wiretapping program, as it agreed to do in January.

Rather, they argued that the president had the constitutional authority to decide for himself whether to conduct surveillance without warrants.

As a result of the January agreement, the administration said that the National Security Agency’s domestic spying program has been brought under the legal structure laid out in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which requires court-approved warrants for the wiretapping of American citizens and others inside the United States.

But on Tuesday, the senior officials, including Michael McConnell, the new director of national intelligence, said they believed that the president still had the authority under Article II of the Constitution to once again order the N.S.A. to conduct surveillance inside the country without warrants.

more;http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/washington/02intel.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1178108676-8s7xM0rRVkzracxmuWu6Wg

[Demeter]

1. Note to Bush: You Are NOT the Decider!

Note to Congress, you aren't the Deciders, either. Note to the Supremes, You don't get the last word, either.


WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE DECIDERS--AND WE ARE DECIDEDLY GETTING TIRED OF YOU AND YOUR DERELICTION OF DUTY AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR!

[kurth]

2. Time for Congress to cut off ALL White House funding

Make the little emperor pay his own damn electric bill.

[shance]

3. Bush's "domestic spy" program is using Neighborhood watches and hiring harassers

to stalk and invade individuals privacy and their lives overall.

Speak out about Bush's 'secret police' and help those activists and whistleblowers who are being harassed and having their lives ruined because creating a domestic secret police is the only way the Bush Administration can fully take over.

Google "cause stalking" organized harassment, gang stalking.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Bush claims he is above law

is it impeachment yet?

[thecrow]

5. It is time for everyone to see this...please recommend!!

K&R

[marmar]

6. Is anyone surprised?

Laws? How quaint. :eyes: These vermin need to be removed....right now.