Republicans and Democrats alike sternly warned the FBI on Tuesday that it risks losing its broad power to collect telephone, e-mail and financial records to hunt terrorists because of rampant abuses of the authority. The ACLU warned about this 3 years ago.
The threats were the latest blow to the embattled Justice Department and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is already on the defensive and fighting to keep his job over the firings of federal prosecutors.
The warnings came as the department's chief watchdog, inspector general Glenn A. Fine, told the House Judiciary Committee that the FBI engaged in widespread and serious misuse of its authority to issue national security letters, which resulted in illegally collecting data from Americans and foreigners. The ACLU stated "We told you so". Bush and supporters should feel ashamed.
2007-03-20 17:23:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes, and it did not take a rocket scientist to see it coming. But in the hysteria following 9/11, it was to be expected that we would go 100% overboard and down the road to 1984.
2007-03-20 17:29:12 · answer #1 · answered by The Parthian 3 · 4⤊ 3⤋
How can native land risk-free practices abuse their skill whilst The HS Secretary isnt even qualified to circulate the dep. ? How might he even knew if he grow to be abusing the skill of the dep. ?
2016-10-02 12:02:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am NOT ashamed of Bush . Again a bunch of double standard bs, by demos.
compentecy...as compared to what..the clintons...
- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
- First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court
The NYT is reporting that there are many on the Hill who view the Attorney General as having improper ties to the White House. Gonzales moved from White house Council to AG and there are those in DC who believe he has maintained improper ties to the President. This latest fiasco is part of the larger scheme to discredit and remove members of the Bush Administration in the remaining years of his second term. Yes folks, Democrats believe that the AG is too close to the President.
I wonder where all these demos were when Bill Clinton, after firing ALL 93 prosecutors, hired one of his wife’s old law partners to be an associate AG? Does the name Webster Hubbell ring a bell? The Clintons had someone close to them so when the troubles began, they had an ally:
Hubbell confirmed that his silence was bought in a recorded phone conversation with his wife when he was in prison. She told him the White House did not want him to go through with his plan to countersue his former law firm and that she might lose her job with the Interior Department if he did. Hubbell replied, “So I need to roll over one more time.”
The New York Times revealed in May 1997 that the Clintons both lied when they claimed they knew nothing about Hubbell’s legal troubles when he resigned. They lied to give the president plausible deniability if it was charged that he helped arrange for the payment of hush money to Hubbell. It should be big news when two federal judges say the payments appear to have been made to obstruct justice. That was reported by The New York Times and The Washington Post, but both stopped short of implicating Clinton. No one asked why Starr did not refer this to the House as a possible impeachable offense.Media Monitor
Here is an indication of what another Clinton White House will be. Regardless, I am still wondering where all these Democrats were back then. Why were they not vocal about improper ties when Hubbell was obviously taking bullets for the Clintons.
It is that Democratic double standard rearing its ugly head one more time.
2007-03-20 17:39:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
The ACLU was founded by communists who have continually tried to proove a democracy does not work.
It's a matter of opinion if our democracy is working, for everyone.
2007-03-20 17:38:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
No. It wasn't "rampant abuse" A few agents misjudged their authority. The problem was not with the law, but with going outside the law. The laws are fine.
2007-03-20 17:28:33 · answer #5 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Of course they were correct. What is the point of protecting our "democracy" and "liberties" if we do away with these two concepts ourselves?
2007-03-20 17:26:38 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No, the ACLU is seldom right in my opinion. They support perverts like NAMBLA.
2007-03-20 17:28:35 · answer #7 · answered by vegaswoman 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
The ACLU isn't correct about much!
2007-03-20 17:34:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Yep.
2007-03-20 17:26:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Love it when the communists....the anti civil liberty union tell us what we should do..home grown terrorits...
2007-03-20 17:29:27 · answer #10 · answered by gary l 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋