Does the Bush Administration still believe 'Wire Tapping' is legal and constitutional?

Question

if so ... why are they now asking for something called 'telephone amnesty'

And my question is, if they weren’t breaking the law, as Bush keeps saying they weren’t, why do they need amnesty?

Answer 1

The point is this...that even Murder can be legal if laws are arranged that way...There are modern loopholes and technicalities that the Constitution has not been updated to immunize against. This administration loves to rearrange and dwell in technicalities and loopholes, so that which is ethically illegal and even unconstitutional can be perfectly legal in court...and guess what kiddies they managed to get 4 supreme court justices...Justices have no term limit...and as a justice their job is to determine the constitutionality of cases as to set a standard for all the other courts...think about what this does

Answer 2

Because The Patriot Act passed, and was renewed. By none other than Hillary & Reid themselves. Previously there was an act in place allowing wire taping.
NONE of this is new news. Just passed from one administration to another. IN one form of so forth.
http://freedomagenda.com/iraq/wmd_quotes
scroll to the end
added FISA had been in place, Google it
read up on the
Foreign Intelligence Warrant Exception and how it relates
DOMESTICALLY.

http://www.cfr.org/publication/13693
Candidates on Domestic Intelligence, as of last week.
ALL Subject to change at will. This has been a bi-partisan event .
Amnesty? Because as you have read loopholes are present
within our system of law. Imagine that? So the more documentation the better. Before some language/politics/money gets in the way again of justice. IE: OJ Simpson is one that comes to mind.

Answer 3

replace replace replace! Thats what you all voted for, suitable? stupid liberals! * no longer raising taxes on the rich. * unquestionably reducing for some human beings * Troops nevertheless in Iraq * Patriot Act nevertheless in result and not even a topic remember of communicate * greater troops to be despatched to Afghanistan * Clinton's keeping the puppet strings!

Answer 4

First off, wire tapping is legal and constituitonal, if you have a court order.

And the amnesty that they're asking for is for the phone companies who allow the government to tap phones. If the wire tap is found to be illegal, they want amnesty from prosecution for the phone company.

Answer 5

The amnesty is needed to prevent misguided people like the ACLU from filing lawsuits for people that think the Government might have been listening in on them.

Answer 6

I'd like to know what the big idea behind that illegal wiretapping was anyway? After all it was (is) unconstitutional meaning un-lawful meaning it would not hold up meaning be admissible in court anyway! In other words Bush's cronies could not use it against someone anyway, legally that is...

Answer 7

It's legal as long as you have your lackeys writing the laws. That's why Bush can also sit on TV and say with a straight face, "We don't torture". Yeah, we don't torture, because Alberto Gonzales changed the definition of torture, so by the Newspeak definition we really don't. And waterboarding isn't torture. And Bush is a Christian. And monkeys will fly out of my butt.

Answer 8

They still believe the Constitution is a "G@#da^& piece of paper", and Congress appears to agree.

Answer 9

apples and oranges...god i wish before you liberals whine about the defense of this country youd READ THE LAW....
wiretapping involves conversations and activity with someone involved OVERSEAS...not domestically. and amnesty has nothing to do with that.

please check your facts before you post. it would save alot of time. whining is whining but at least be right about it..thanks.

Answer 10

don't know what the Bush's administration thinks about it,.....but the Dem's now want it,.....