Gene, FISA clearly states that he doesn't need a court order unless the wiretaps go on for more than 72 hours. Do you have good reason to believe that these wiretaps went on for more than 72 hours? If so, show us. If not, what are you complaining about?
It's no so much an attack as a logical conundrum. If Clinton and Bush adopt the same policies and tactics, then either Bush is right or Clinton is wrong. Then comes the fun part!
Gene, Watergate was about a President spying on the opposing political faction, in order to learn their campaign strategy and secure his own reelection. This is about a President spying on assassins and saboteurs, in order to learn their war plans and prevent them from succeeding. On that basis, I would have said something very different from what I am saying now, before Nixon resigned.
Thanks!
Gene, in that same passage he says "nothing has changed". Since FISA was passed in 1978, and it allowed warrantless 72-hour wiretaps then , and it allows warrantless 72-hour wiretaps now , he's right when he says that nothing has changed . Also, have you considered the possibility that he said all that without clarifying the FISA exception for national security reasons? What if he'd just authorized a 72-hour wiretap
Okay, so get this: George W. Bush, with the help of his brother Jeb and Big Oil, stole the 2000 Presidential Election. This was the Democrat's big chance to build on the success of the Clinton Administration, save the country from the horrible effects of the Dot-Com Crash, roll out free healthcare for everybody, and put the finishing touches on a new era of i
Congress does not actually have to say the Special Code Words "we are officially at war", in order to authorize the Executive branch to wage war. They could, for example, simply authorize him to wage war. Which is what they did. The articles of the Act quoted in this article make it clear that the President does not have to go to the judge within 72 hours, only that he must stop the wiretap within 72 hours if he doesn't .
Well, it looks like he would break the law if he ever ordered a wiretap to go for more than 72 hours without a warrant. Could it be that when he refers to "renewing" in the program multiple times in the past few years, he means issuing new orders for new 72-hour surveillance sessions. It seems possible that the intel services were getting reports of terrorist activity through other sources, and then he was using legal presidential ord
Heads can't roll STARTING at 1600 Pennsylvania, becuase it will take months at least to figure out if Bush actually broke any laws. On the other hand, what we do know, right now, is that this was a secret operation and that its cover was blown by the New York Times. It seems to me that we could easily get started on the head-rolling down there, while we work on figuring out if anybody else besides the NYT reporters broke any laws.
Part of the problem is that the PS2 is also a cheapie DVD player. In fact, I've found that in general, every other DVD-playing device I own, from the midrange model in the living room to the cheapie in the bedroom to the PC in my den, is more forgiving of scratched disks than my PS2 is. The age of the device seems to be a much bigger factor for the PS2 than for the other devices, as well. But tapes? Never again, my friend. No unlimited pau
Yeah, my wife and I looked into these a little while ago, when we were shopping for thumb drives. We ended up agreeing that it was a neat idea, but somewhat overpriced. In the end, we decided that several more gigs of storage was more cost-effective than a couple blades we couldn't even take on an airplane.
Where to begin? First of all, Cruise's character has mad skillz with the container cranes. It seems to be one of the very few areas of life in which he excels. But these skillz, showcased in the opening scene, never come into play against the aliens. I don't know exactly how operating a container crane could be used to defeat invincible space aliens, but I could damn well come up with something. Otherwise, why bother? Why not make him an
So I watched the new War of the Worlds movie this weekend. Spoilers! As far as I can tell, the best part of the movie comes at the very beginning. Tom Cruise is working in a shipyard, using a crane to move giant shipping containers around. It's hard, exacting work, and he seems to be incredibly good at it. When his shift en
Thanks again, Gideon. I'd remembered the publisher, but when I tried them a few months ago they had no record of the books (online, at least). But thank you so much for the help. They were pretty fun books, and I'm a sucker for sci-fi stories about wingless planes and stuff. Plus, I have a young nephew who might enjoy them...
What does this have to do with Monty Python? Your title is misleading. Please tell me you're not serious.
My favorite conservatives seem to find a lot to talk about, every day. Much of their discussion covers both the things they like and the things they hate about the Bush Administration and its policies. They also discuss everything from constitutional theory to trends in conservative philosophy to thanksgiving turkey recipes to Star Trek to liberal asshats to political minutia too boring to go into.
Wow! Thanks, Gideon! Strangely, while the author and publisher are the same in both cases, both "Pat Collins" and "Jim Dunlap" are given as title characters.
Update: The Library of Congress says it doesn't exist.
So when I was a kid, I read two and half books. Well, I read a lot more books than that, but two and a half from a particular series: Jim Dunlop and the Wingless Plane . Now these books were old when I got them. They must have been written in the Fifties. Set in a typical midwestern American town, these adventure novels chronicled the explo
So Gene's big objection now is that the plan is risky, and might not work? Doesn't seem any worse than the old plan of "let Saddam Hussein remain in power, lift the sanctions, and see what happens". Part of the reason terrorism hasn't left Iraq yet is because the country has been in a chaotic transition period. As these elections build the confidence of the public, and as the Iraqi security forces continue their training and their rea
No worries, Guy. This was more a spoof of STRES2's blogging style, than a serious attempt at debating capital punishment.
AHAHAHAHAHAH Sorry for the confusion, guys. But I have to say I was a little bit glad to get such an interesting and amusing comments thread
#3 by STRES2 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 Things are not what they may first seem. Read it and you might understand what i'm saying. people are too rushy rushy, give things a little bit of time and you will be rewarded with understanding. This blog is not for deaf ears. If you are not willing to take the time to understand
Dr. Guy: I think you have the wrong blog and the wrong person. Could be. I'm just having a hard time finding much difference between frivolous blacklisting and frivolous articles accusing others of frivolous blacklisting. I mean, if this is a serious article, then let's have some s
My God. Wacky JU "points" are more important to you than communicating your good ideas, and seeing justice done? That is totally the mature and thoughtful attitude that gets your comments blacklisted, I'm sure. Only... not so much. If you were serious, this would be an article reviewing the blacklister's points, and your rebuttal, here on your own blog, so that we could all learn from their error and your correction.<B
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