If This is Legal, We Are Truly Screwed.Bush* Blocked NSA Investigation

[spanone]

I'm sure this was discussed earlier, but I just can't farking believe this, and no one is screaming.

Bush blocked eavesdropping program probe

~snip~ WASHINGTON - President Bush personally blocked a Justice Department investigation of the anti-terror eavesdropping program that intercepts Americans' international calls and e-mails, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday.~snip

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15065414.htm

So a sitting president can block an investigation as to whether what he is doing is legal or illegal? Can this be true? Then there is no recourse? So the President is WAY above the law?

[whistle]

1. A sitting dictator can and if unopposed can also get away with it

[Avalux]

2. Yes it's true. Gonzo admitted it today in Senate hearing.

And yes, we are screwed. x(

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. "This would be easier if it were a Dictatorship, so long as I am the

Dictator". Hehehe! A$$hole!

[Generator]

4. Not only that but

The dude wasn't even elected by the people-not once but twice!!! What a country huh? Also this (and many other outrages)has convinced me that this great American constitution that everyone raves about is not that hot a piece of shit. People have to actually read and take action for it to mean anything. But meanwhile Du'ers are FREAKING outraged about paying airfare to Cyprus which isn't even true. (And CNN was on the case-sign that it's a false outrage)

Just don't call her Hilary. (PLEASE)

[spanone]

5. Obstruction of Justice, Anyone????

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[Not Me]

6. Add that to the list

of impeachable offenses.
November can't come soon enough.

[journalist3072]

7. He's the decider! eom

[MissWaverly]

8. no way, read Paula Jones vs Bill Clinton

The Supremes definitely stated that the President was not entitled automatically to special treatment that was a civil case, a misdemeanor and they wouldn't even let him delay it.

"The fact that a federal court's exercise of its traditional Article III
jurisdiction may significantly burden the time and attention of the Chief
Executive is not sufficient to establish a violation of the Constitution...
It is settled law that the seperation-of-powers doctrine does not bar
every act of jurisdiction over the President of the United States...
If the Judiciary may severely burden the Executive Branch by reviewing the
legality of the President's official conduct...it must follow that the federal
courts have the power to determine the legality of his unoffical conduct..
We therefore hold that the doctrine of seperation of powers does not require
federal courts to stay all private actions against the President until
he leaves office."

Page 41-42 No Island of Sanity by Vincent Bugliosi, Paula Jones v Bill Clinton: The
Supreme Court on Trial, Ballantine Books