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Administration Defense of Domestic Spying Dominates Debate

New York Times: Bush Presses On in Legal Defense for Wiretapping

  • “Despite the administration’s arguments, many legal scholars — both conservatives and liberals — say they remain skeptical about Mr. Bush’s assertion that the Constitution and a September 2001 authorization to use military force provided legal justification for wiretapping phone calls and e-mail messages on American soil without a warrant.”
  • Related references:

  • A Legal Defense of Russell Tice, the Whistleblower who Revealed the President’s Authorization of NSA’s Warrantless Domestic Wiretapping
  • Washington Post via MSNBC, Eavesdropping bill was abandoned in 2003 – Critics say revelation undermines Bush’s claim that spy program is legal
  • AP: Q&A on Domestic Spying Program
  • Postings on domestic surveillance
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