Specter caves to Bush on NSA bill - Wiretapping Unbound
The NewStandard
by Catherine Komp
07/19/06
Constitutional law experts and civil rights advocates are slamming the latest legislative proposal from US Senator Arlen Specter to address the government’s warrantless wiretapping program. After months of negotiations with other lawmakers and Bush administration officials, Specter announced a 'compromise' agreement last Thursday. But critics -- some of whom are challenging the National Security Agency’s (NSA) spying program in court -- say the proposal is a 'sham' that eliminates congressional oversight over the executive branch and any meaningful legal review of the program. 'It’s really basically a sell-out,' said Shayana Kadidal, a staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a legal organization that filed a lawsuit on related matters against President Bush and the NSA in January...
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3435
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http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/07/21/120.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Wiretapping Unbound
by Aziz Huq, TomPaine.com
The Specter bill is no compromise -- it actually locks in the president's authority to act without oversight.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/07/24/wiretapping_unbound.php
Wiretapping Unbound
Aziz Huq writes that the Specter bill is no compromise - it actually locks in the president's authority to act without oversight. "From the Iraq conflict to the handling of captured terrorists, the present administration has demonstrated a remarkable knack for barging in with excessive force in ways that fail to respond to threats. Secrecy is then used to cover up the resulting mess. Boundless license and the renunciation of oversight will only be a recipe for even worse disasters."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072406E.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Specter
by Catherine Komp
07/19/06
Constitutional law experts and civil rights advocates are slamming the latest legislative proposal from US Senator Arlen Specter to address the government’s warrantless wiretapping program. After months of negotiations with other lawmakers and Bush administration officials, Specter announced a 'compromise' agreement last Thursday. But critics -- some of whom are challenging the National Security Agency’s (NSA) spying program in court -- say the proposal is a 'sham' that eliminates congressional oversight over the executive branch and any meaningful legal review of the program. 'It’s really basically a sell-out,' said Shayana Kadidal, a staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a legal organization that filed a lawsuit on related matters against President Bush and the NSA in January...
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3435
Craven image
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/07/21/120.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Wiretapping Unbound
by Aziz Huq, TomPaine.com
The Specter bill is no compromise -- it actually locks in the president's authority to act without oversight.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/07/24/wiretapping_unbound.php
Wiretapping Unbound
Aziz Huq writes that the Specter bill is no compromise - it actually locks in the president's authority to act without oversight. "From the Iraq conflict to the handling of captured terrorists, the present administration has demonstrated a remarkable knack for barging in with excessive force in ways that fail to respond to threats. Secrecy is then used to cover up the resulting mess. Boundless license and the renunciation of oversight will only be a recipe for even worse disasters."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072406E.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Specter
rudkla - 21. Jul, 16:42
