Court orders for wire tapping were quick and easy, why didn't Bush

[second edition]

request them? IMO, we need to keep driving this point across or they will over shadow us with the security concerns.

You know, the Puritans took fear and hysteria to an extreme by burning suspected witches at the stake in what they claimed was a necessary action to protect the whole colony. Instead of persecuting "witches" Bush is persecuting American citizens and denying them a constitutional rights in the guise of security. Maybe if he had been on top of the tragedy of Katrina, and our boarders were secure and containers were checked and all the recommendations listed in the 9-11 commission report had been implemented, then I could try to believe his security excuse.

[benddem]

1. because he was

tapping the phones of people he had no right to. We need the list of the people whose phones were tapped.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. This is the only reason I can think of that he would not have

gone through the correct channels.

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. Because he would have to disclose who he wants them for...

and have a legitimate reason for doing so.