A repuke Compromise for bush offered on surveillance bill

[leftchick]

lol! "checks and balances" she says? :rofl:


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Rep. Heather Wilson (news, bio, voting record), R-N.M., is swapping her original bill giving legal status to Bush's domestic surveillance program with one that would grant a key administration request: allow wiretapping without warrants on Americans when the president believes a terrorist attack is "imminent."

But the concession carries a price for the president, according to a draft of Wilson's bill obtained by The Associated Press.

Under the measure, the administration would be required to share more details of the nature of the threat with the House and Senate leaders and the chairmen of both intelligence committees, who then would decide without administration input which lawmakers would receive the classified information.

"Excesses are best prevented when intelligence activities are operated within a framework that controls government power by using checks and balances among the three branches of government," Wilson said in a statement.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060920/ap_on_go_co/congress_terrorism

[mmonk]

1. We already have checks and balances.

The whole idea is to get rid of them.

[lapfog_1]

2. Uh, that's why we already have the FISA court...

and the warrants can be obtained after the wiretap occurs.

So why would I feel better if some "senior" congress critters are in on it? Are they judges? Do any understand rules
of evidence that lead one to believe that a warrant is justified?

[indepat]

3. That the president just might believe a terrorist attack is imminent

when it is politically convenient to do so is clearly evident to all with an ounce of critical thinking ability so I

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: