Congressional report: Bush's spying was illegal
Domestic action's legality challenged
"And although I hate to judge before all the facts are in, it's beginning to look like General Ripper exceeded his authority." - General Buck Turgidson, Dr Strangelove.
The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service's report rebuts the central assertions made recently by the Liar-in-Chief and Attorney General Abuto Ghraibzales about the president's authority to order secret intercepts of telephone and e-mail exchanges between people inside the United States and their contacts abroad.
The report also concluded that Bush's assertion that Congress authorized such eavesdropping to detect and fight terrorists does not appear to be supported by the special resolution that Congress approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which focused on authorizing the president to use military force.
The report also concluded that Bush's assertion that Congress authorized such eavesdropping to detect and fight terrorists does not appear to be supported by the special resolution that Congress approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which focused on authorizing the president to use military force.
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