It failed so totally here that these ghoul had no choice but to place it into effect in Iraq so that the Iraqis would despair and the fat cats linked to the v.p. and his mentor "bubble boy" could thrive.
W signed an oath of office to follow the constitution. He can't be doing that if he can allege that the public property of the US--stuff we have every legal right to see, has been lost. We are approaching another Rose Mary Woods 18 minute gap, except that for big bro 43 the gap will cover his entire presidency!
The article "Judge to White House: Hold E-Mails" at
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hKKWSY_43nHexg55YcW2X9YXNayAD8SSERKO0
states "A federal judge Monday ordered the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails, a move that Bush administration lawyers had argued strongly against.
U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy directed the Executive Office of the President to safeguard the material in response to two lawsuits that seek to determine whether the White House has destroyed e-mails in violation of federal law.
In response, the White House said it has been taking steps to preserve copies of all e-mails and will continue to do so. The administration is seeking dismissal of the lawsuits brought by two private groups, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the National Security Archive."
W received another blow to his illegal, unannounced destruction of the US
democracy as the article "Justice Dept. Reopens Surveillance Probe" at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111301170_pf.html
states
"The Justice Department said yesterday that it has reopened an internal investigation of the role played by its lawyers in the administration's warrantless surveillance program, marking a notable policy shift just days into the tenure of new Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey. The investigation by the Office of Professional Responsibility was abandoned in July 2006 after President Bush refused to give security clearances to the OPR lawyers conducting the investigation, according to documents and congressional testimony...."
During his confirmation hearing last month, Mukasey alarmed many Democrats by testifying that there may be occasions when the president's powers as commander in chief could trump a federal law requiring that a special court approve intelligence-related wiretaps, such as those used by the NSA. Mukasey also refused to say whether he considered an interrogation technique called waterboarding to be illegal torture, leading many Senate Democrats to oppose his confirmation last week."
The article "Justice Department Reopens Warrantless Wiretapping Inquiry That Was Halted By Bush" at
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/13/hinchey-letter-opr/ fleshes this out as "In early 2006, the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) launched an investigation to examine whether information "obtained from the NSA program, as well as whether Justice lawyers complied with the 'legal requirements' that govern it."
Just a few months later, the inquiry was shut down because Alberto Gonzales refused to grant security clearances to investigators. Gonzales later suggested to the Senate that Bush made the decision to block the investigation. "The President of the United States ultimately makes decisions about who ultimately is given access," Gonzales said.
The National Journal's Murray Waas reported that Bush shut down the investigation upon learning that Gonzales "would likely be a focus of the investigation." OPR's chief lawyer Marshall Jarrett reported that Bush's actions were unprecedented."
Sen. Durbin had Mukasey answer this question "If you are confirmed, will you pledge to review this issue and to make a recommendation to the President regarding whether the OPR investigation of the Justice Department's role in the NSA program should be allowed to proceed?
On Oct. 30, Mukasey answered, "It is my understanding this issue has already been decided. I have committed, however, to reviewing the over-all circumstances of this matter."
Maybe he isn't just an articulate Gonzales as many feared would be the case with Mukasey!
We are a land of laws, and these laws apply to all!
That would be the case if big bro 43 didn't determine that since he's "The Decider" he is above all laws. The AUMF didn't give him the right to issue signing statements on any piece of legislation he wanted to avoid. Nothing gave him the right to revoke the Geneva Convention protections from detainees or eavesdrop on US citizens. In doing these criminal activities he's flipping us off--as well as the constitution and international standards of decency.
W has tried to take our civil rights from us with no clearer indication of that then that which was described in the October 8, 2005 article "What of 'Posse Comitatus" at http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5115 which stated
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