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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 08:09 AM
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Bush has the authority to order warantless wiretapping of calls, emails
So Gonzales Says

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales suggested for the first time on Thursday that the president might have the legal authority to order wiretapping without a warrant on communications between Americans that occur exclusively within the United States, the NEW YORK TIMES reports Friday. Excerpts:

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"I'm not going to rule it out," Gonzales said when asked about that possibility at a House Judiciary Committee hearing.

The attorney general made his comments, which critics said reflected a broadened view of the president's authority, as President Bush offered another strong defense of his decision to authorize the National Security Agency to eavesdrop without warrants on international calls and e-mail messages to or from the United States.

Bush, in an appearance in North Carolina, told a questioner who attacked the program that he would "absolutely not" apologize for authorizing it

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Gonzales_suggests_that_Bush_has_authority_0406.html
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 08:11 AM
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1. he does cause NO one in Congress said to STOP!
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 08:16 AM
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2. And the ones that do get swift-boated nt
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Minnesota Libra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 08:17 AM
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3. Don't ya thunk we'd better give them there idiots something to do ....
....by giving them something juicy to listen to occasionally? I do it purposely at least once a week.:toast: I'm sure HLS has a file on me an inch think already and I'm working aiming for the largest HLS file in history. :bounce: I say all this with plenty of :sarcasm: but I'm also very serious here.
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billybob537 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 08:18 AM
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4.  MIGHT have the athority
Edited on Fri Apr-07-06 08:57 AM by billybob537
You are the fucking attorney general of the fucking US and you didn't chrck this out before the boob started wiretapping and spying? How fucking STUPID ARE YOU REALLY?
EDIT: Gonzales is either mentally retarded or he thinks we are!
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 08:25 AM
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5. Bush knew what he was doing when
he hired this lapdog to approve his dirty work... You wonder why so few challenge him? I would think he has folder on everybody....
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:40 PM
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6. kick for afternoon crowd
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