BUSH Derails Attempts To End Illegal Wiretapping By NOT Providing Docs

Bush derails attempts to end illegal wiretapping
Submitted by Canada IFP on Tue, 2007-06-05

President Bush derailed a bill by the US Congress aimed at ending the Administration's illegal wiretapping by not providing documents related to the President’s warrantless wiretapping program to the Senate Intelligence Committee that is currently reviewing the proposed legislation.

The US house of representatives last month passed the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 bill with an amendment that makes Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) the only means by which domestic electronic surveillance for the purpose of gathering foreign intelligence information may be conducted.

The bill has been referred to the Senate Intelligence Committee, but the Committee is unable to proceed as the White House has repeatedly refused to hand over the relevant documents.

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Feingold accused the Administration of seeking broad new authorities unrelated to keeping FISA up-todate with new technology, and pursuing these authorities while refusing to rule out further surveillance activities entirely outside of the law.

"For more than four years, the Administration failed to inform the full congressional intelligence committees of the warrantless wiretapping program," said the Senator who cosponsored an ammendment by co-sponsor by Senator Feinstein to ensure that all members of the Committee receive, at a minimum, summary information about programs that the Administration has sought to limit to the Chairman and Vice Chairman. "In doing so, the Administration violated the National Security Act, which allows restricted notification to the “Gang of Eight” only in certain limited cases involving covert action."


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1) Why does this reporting originate in Canada - and not in the US? Oh, thats right corporate media barely does "investigations" and original reporting on such matters.

2) Can't the Senate issue some sort of "contempt of congress" action against the WH? This is another example of Bushco trying to work as the sole govt actor by negating that congress has any power.

how can something like this happen in America with all the so called Media that is on 24 - 7?

6 corporations rule.

6 corporations profit from their contributions to the Republiklan party.

6 corporations profit from the illegal invasion & occupation of a country that never ever attacked the USSA.

Could be in a closed session. Just curious. I hope the Senate is pursuing this with vigor.

"In doing so, the Administration violated the National Security Act, which allows restricted notification to the “Gang of Eight” only in certain limited cases involving covert action."

They know the administration violated the National Security Act.....so isn't there some standard for punishment for violating that act? If not, what's the point in having the act, and if so why isn't it being pursued?

Bush "What are you going to do, write me a stern letter?"

and no one to enforce the current laws...

Executive Branch record keeping will need to be handled by some branch other than the Executive.

Otherwise, it's all outrage without substance unless impeachment occurs.