Why does Bush need another retroactive law to protect those who helped him spy on americans?

Question

First it was the retroactive law to cover acts of torture that were considered war crimes according to U.S. law and now this. Can't he just say, " I'm the decisionmaker." again? Doesn't the need for a retroactive law obviously imply his guilt and theirs just as it did with the torture bill?.

http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php?id=280

Any bias with this site?

http://www.military.com/forums/0,15240,152264,00.html

Answer 1

If a retroactive law is needed in the USA, it is one that removes the Constitutional Amendment allowing one who is born here, is an instant citizen. Should be retroactive back to 1970 at least.

Answer 2

Since he has allowed wiretapping to take place legally for years, much of it without Congressional knowledge, he now wants to be able to say it is legal, with Congressional approval.

He feels this will take the sting out of the fact that he has perpetuated unlawful acts and taken it upon himself to evade the Balance of Powers so importantly included in our Constitution.

He is trying to smooth the way for the next election by harping on success in Iraq, legal wiretapping to protect us all from those nasty terrorist attacks, attention paid to Global Warming after years of sneering at it...and other methods of trying to undo the harm he has done to the Republican Party.

Now Laura is getting into the act with humanitarian indignation. One might be amused by these demonstrations of the Great Uniter trying to cover his tracks, but the pity of it is, these tactics just might work. After all, the country thought Saddam Hussein was going to blow up New York with a nuclear bomb, it may just think Bush is a good fellow, after all!
A little Liberal behavior could go a long way!

One wonders if our citizens will be smart enough to see through these tactics, or has the damage just been too drastic to ignore?

Answer 3

in this particular instance the retro law would protect phone companies that cooperated with the govt.

I hope the next time a terrorist strikes it costs you something personally.

I have watched this country devolve into something unbelievable.
We wont secure our own borders or prosecute traitors.
The media can spill our most secret intelligence and denigrate our troops without cause.
Yet we spend millions on a non covert CIA worker whose on hubby really exposed her. Then convict a guy for faulty memory after the prosecutor already knew the identity of the person he was supposed to be after.

We don't need the Taliban or Al Quida to destroy us the left wing will beat them to it.

Answer 4

to protect this country from having another 9/11. There has been many plots broken up, because of it.

If it is about rights, than way are the dems trying to go after conservative reporters. I thought we had freedom of the press.

Answer 5

Of course He is guilty.. guilty of being so wrong about everything to do with this war. He is more concerned about spying in this country when it seems to me we should be spying in other countries. Why he even gets to make these kind of decisions is beyond me.. good grief the man can't even talk properly never mind decide the future of this country... look what he has decided us into so far!

Answer 6

Law <-- Law.
(Revelation 13)

Repeating Law is Law Law.
His Grace is NOT Law Law.

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 7

Torture BIll? Oh I see your source now. Straight from LaLa land.

Answer 8

Oh please, the people we were spying on were communicating with our enemies abroad. And the Freepress is hardly an unbiased source.