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In a significant vindication for President Bush, a judge who co-authored the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act said Tuesday that the president was duly authorized under the Constitution to order the wiretapping of suspected terrorists - without getting a warrant from the FISA Court.
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, former FISA Court Judge Allan Kornblum said that president's Constitutional powers supersede the FISA law, which critics claim the Bush program violated
posted by Senor PeerPressure at 6:44 AM
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Joe, I can see your blog. Clear your cache. That was causing me probs too.
There is no language in the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) suggesting that it authorizes the President to authorize warrantless wiretaps of Americans on American soil.
FISA prohibits this kind of wiretapping program. Every time the Supreme Court has confronted a statute limiting the Commander in Chief's authority, it has upheld the statute.
Further, there simply is no reason to NOT get a warrant.
End of story.
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