Gonzales Hints At Bush Legal Rationale For Domestic Wiretaps

[AGENDA21]

Washington — 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.

“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.

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[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. How?

How did Gonzales "say" anything when his lips are constantly wrapped tightly around Bush's root?

HOW?

[JohnnyRingo]

2. Buxh throws his voice. n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

3. Who cares if there's a legal loophole?

The important fact -- beyond any dispute -- is that the guy in the White House is constantly coming up with ways to get around the laws and the constitution that we all thought were protecting us.

When low-level criminals get off on a technicality, everyone wants the laws toughened; they don't say, "Well, good for him. I guess it's legal so he's all right."