Conservative Judge Argues Bush Adminstration Lacks Credibility

he's got this one right!

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Conservative Judge Argues Bush Adminstration Lacks Credibility

President Bush and other administration officials have argued that their secret wiretapping of American citizens was justified by the Authorization for the Use of Military Force passed by Congress in the days after 9/11. Today, one of the most respected conservative appellate judges in the nation – Micheal Luttig – delivered fresh evidence for why the administration’s use of the 9/11 Authorization cannot be trusted.

The issue before Luttig was whether to grant the Bush Administration’s request to dismiss an earlier opinion which gave the government broad authority to detain “enemy combatants” like terrorism suspect Jose Padilla.

Why would the administration want to curtail a decision that gave the President such broad authority? That’s the question that troubled the Court because the administration refused to provide an answer. Luttig’s opinion offers a clear insight into what the Administration thinks of checks and balances:

provided no explanation as to what comprised the asserted exigency.
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We are not in a position to ascertain … because the government has not explained its decisions either publicly or to the court.
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The government has not offered explanation. .....