McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, Too

Wired by Ryan Singel | Jun. 3, 2008 (News Report)

If elected president, Senator John McCain would reserve the right to run his own warrantless wiretapping program against Americans, based on the theory that the president's wartime powers trump federal criminal statutes and court oversight, according to a statement released by his campaign Monday.
McCain's new tack towards the Bush administration's theory of executive power comes some 10 days after a McCain surrogate stated, incorrectly it seems, that ... Full Story »

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by Eric Yendall - Oct. 1, 2008

It describes McCain's position, puts it in the context of his previous statements, draws attention to inconsistencies, and raises the larger question of McCain's position regarding the expansion of Executive powers under the Bush administration. Not a friendly article to McCain but seemingly an objective one.