Justice Official implies tap bill would have little impact
RAW STORY
Published: Thursday September 14, 2006
According to an article in today's Congressional Quarterly, a Justice Department official implied that a bill intended to limit President's Bush's spying authority would have little impact were it to pass.
A Justice Department official seemed to imply earlier this week, to the astonishment of some House Judiciary Committee members, that a bill aimed at reining in the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program would have little impact even if passed.
His testimony, combined with Bush’s assertion of executive authority under the Constitution, has led some ... to question whether the administration would follow a revised surveillance law.
Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies...
"What is the point of legislating," she asked members at the hearing, if "the administration won’t follow the law even if it’s changed?"more at:
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