A smoking gun? Or more spin. You decide

By Pat M. Holt Thu Jan 5, 3:00 AM ET

WASHINGTON - Congress is in an uproar over the Bush administration's use of warrantless wiretaps in the United States against American citizens. And well it might be. But to find the culprit, Congress has only to look in a mirror. The sad truth is that Congress does not want to exercise effective oversight of intelligence activities.
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President Bush, for his part, says Congress implicitly authorized eavesdropping and other searches without a warrant when it authorized the president to respond to 9/11. The president has also asserted his inherent power under the Constitution to wiretap without congressional authorization, either implied or explicit. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has admitted that the administration backed off seeking congressional authority because of advice from Capitol Hill that it would be too difficult to pass. So, if you don't think you can get it, say you don't need it.
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Help from a predictable quarter. My blood is boiling.
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to be a little hot-blooded over some like this. But take good care of your health, we need American's with a a clear head and a good heart.

I just get agitated by the spin machine. I would like to see one journalist that has some objectivity. It gets a little disheartening to see everything that goes on and very few ever call the administration on it. Thanks. TWR

and really doesn't care what congress says or does. Soon either he's going over the abyss into total insanity or the US is.