So you're a support of Attorney General Gonzales. I think he is to closely tied in with the President Bush, White House, and the GOP to be an independent, unbiased leader of the highest law enforcement agency in the country.
The Justice Department clearly ruled that the surveillance program being run out of NSA was Constitutionally illegal, but the Bush Administration disregarded the highest law enforcement agency of the government, and continued right on with the illegal program. Later Bush agreed to fix whatever was illegal in the program, but then made everything surrounding the program secret (eg he took the program underground). So far as the Justice Department, Congress, and the American people are concerned there is no way to know if President Bush has followed through with fixing the problem. I don't recall the Bush Administration submitting a authorization after making changes to the program, so the Justice Department could certify the program. All we have is that Attorney General Gonzales has establish a secret court to deal with the surveillance issue with everything classified, so who knows what is really going on, and whether the secret court is really functioning according to law or is just a rubber stamp for the White house. No wonder the Bush Administration has been the most secretive executive branch in history, and there is no telling what we will find, when everything is finally brought to light. Regards, LelandJ Pete Theisen wrote: > On Wednesday 16 May 2007 8:03 am, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > <snip> > >> Mr. Comey's vivid depiction, worthy of a Hollywood script, showed the >> lengths to which the administration and the man who is now attorney >> general were willing to go to pursue the surveillance program. First, >> they tried to coerce a man in intensive care -- a man so sick he had >> transferred the reins of power to Mr. Comey -- to grant them legal >> approval. Having failed, they were willing to defy the conclusions of >> the nation's chief law enforcement officer and pursue the surveillance >> without Justice's authorization. Only in the face of the prospect of >> mass resignations -- Mr. Comey, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and >> most likely Mr. Ashcroft himself -- did the president back down. >> > > Hi Leland! > > So the president and the current attorney general are pationate about > protecting America, much like this conversation with Virgil about denying > counsel to "guilty" criminals. Several of his staff rebelled and he backed > down. The system worked as it should. Yawn. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
