Why does Bush want to spy on law abiding citizen's, while hiding millions of White House emails?

Question

Spy as in warrantless wiretaps.

`
Executive Privilege does NOT apply to emails to and from the RNC! Only emaails dealig with national security and attorney client priv. It is ILLEGAL to send national security level emauls to the RNC...

LOLOLOL

- emails - (above)

Answer 1

If he has nothing to hide, he has nothing to fear.
Isn't that what Bush supporters keep rambling, in defense of warrantless wiretaps?

Carpanone Kid, I don't believe you really know what the point of the program is, because many congressmen don't even know. And it is any conversation with suspects, which is being painted with a very broad brush these days.
Executive Privledge is not a constitutional thing, it is a traditional one, that is only allowed if oversight can be proven to impede the executive office's national security obligation, which was a unanimous decision by the Supreme court in the case, Nixon vs United States.

Answer 2

It's a "do as I say, not as I do" thing. Interesting that so many defend warrantless wiretapping as only spying on terrorists. OK, let's go with that...
1. How would anyone ever know how the program is used (or misused) if there are no warrants, thus no judicial oversight into that process?
2. If it is really only about spying on terrorists and law abiding citizens are protected, then why not allow judicial oversight? Judges can get security clearances and could even get a TS/SCI for a program like this.


Now about those emails... The Bush administration is trying to claim that the White House Office of Administration is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. However, the White House's own Web site specifies the Office of Administration as one of six presidential entities subject to the open-records law, which is commonly known by its abbreviation, FOIA.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/22/AR2007082202441.html

Answer 3

quoting avail_skillz:

< Isn't that what Bush supporters keep rambling, in defense of warrantless wiretaps?

Carpanone Kid, I don't believe you really know what the point of the program is, because many congressmen don't even know. And it is any conversation with suspects, which is being painted with a very broad brush these days.
Executive Privledge is not a constitutional thing, it is a traditional one, that is only allowed if oversight can be proven to impede the executive office's national security obligation, which was a unanimous decision by the Supreme court in the case, Nixon vs United States. >>

holy cow! someone who actually does more research than just CNN and FOX news?! Quick, someone suspend that guy, for being too informed!

If Bush's only intent is to use it to spy on terrorist supects or people who converse with them, he shouldn't mind handing over those emails.

Answer 4

The smarter thing to do is to take guns from the criminal but that is not as easy as making a law to take them away from people that follow the law in the first place.I have to agree with Dr.Awkward however because picks and shovels and bows and arrows were no way to fight guns and cannon.It would have evened the odds. People just want to survive and live their life in freedom. Gun ownership is a responsiblity and people owning guns for the right reason and their Constitional rights know that. Our forefathers were wise men the time in history may have been different but times are the same.

Answer 5

The point of the spying is against foreign conversations with known terrorists, not law abiding citizens. The other is called Executive Privilege - it's a Constitutional thing about separation of Powers. You do support the Constitution don't you?

Answer 6

Bush has nothing to do with all of that, he just signs the documents. It's Cheney that wants to hide every detail of his activity in the White House.
When the NSA monitors communications it is searching for key words and phrases. They do not use the information for criminal prosecution or political purposes, they only provide information to other agencies. The way the information is used, or not used, is decided elsewhere.

Answer 7

He wants to spy on possible domestic terrorists not law abiding citizens.

Answer 8

He doesn't want to spy on law abiding citizens. He wants to spy on the terrorists that are trying to kill us. Wake up!

Answer 9

The laws don't apply to him, besides we can trust him, right?

Answer 10

Show me one law abiding citizen being wire tapped...just one... And where in the world is he hiding MILLIONS of emails...who reads them? lol