Warrantless Wiretapping: Nine Days of Illegal Intent

The Vice President's list of documents reveal that the Warrantless Wiretapping Program was continued unchanged for at least 9 days, despite knowledge that the program was illegal.


Warrantless Wiretapping: Nine Days of Illegal Intent
by drational
Tue Aug 21, 2007 at 04:27:11 AM PDT

We now know from the OVP letter to SJC Chairman Patrick Leahy that:

Bush ordered The Program, known to be illegal, continued unaltered for 9 days before it was amended on March 19, 2004. The Program was changed a second time with an amendment on April 2, 2004, 23 days after reauthorization:

Coffin's letter indicates that Bush signed memos amending the program on March 19 and April 2 of that year. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082001622.html?nav=hcmodule

We still do not know what aspects of The Program Comey and other Justice Department Lawyers found to be illegal. We do not know how these illegal aspects were altered to remove the DOJ objection. But it is clear that the knowingly illegal program was continued for 9, and possibly 23, days after the March 11, 2004 reauthorization.

Conclusions

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Although knowledge of illegality does not change the basic fact that an illegal act is committed, it does show intent. It changes the constitutional violation committed by the Bush Administration from Constitutional Manslaughter, to Constitutional Murder in the First Degree.

much more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/21/63525/7260