Bush Gets a Spying Blank Check

In the pre-recess rush to wrap up legislative business - and to avoid a messy confrontation with President Bush - Congress offered only cursory attention to what this provision means and what new abuses are now possible.
For instance, could a one-year surveillance order be issued against an American attorney who was representing a Guantanamo detainee and who traveled to Europe for a legal conference? Could the surveillance order follow that person back ... Full Story »

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Rory O'Connor
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by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

The author's view that "Congress handed George W. Bush another blank check on executive power, letting him order up spying directives against a vast number of people, including Americans" is backed up by facts and analysis. The problem, he says , is a bi-partisan one: 'The Democrats have shied away from another confrontation with Bush, leaving little doubt that last November’s election has done little to change the underlying political dynamic of Washington.'

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