The domestic spy program is just one of the examples of the abuses of power carried out under this administration. Sadly, this “investigation” will probably go nowhere unless the Democrats now in power put some pressure on the Justice department to grow some brains and balls.
However, Democrats criticized the review as not going far enough to determine whether the program violates federal law.
The inquiry by Glenn A. Fine, the department’s inspector general, will focus on the role of Justice prosecutors and agents in carrying out the warrantless surveillance program run by the National Security Agency.
Fine’s investigation is not expected to address whether the controversial program is an unconstitutional expansion of presidential power, as its critics and a federal judge in Detroit have charged.
IMNSHO, the real reason that there won’t be a serious investigation into any of the administration’s fascist transgressions is that nobody want to uncover impeachable evidence against Bush.
Haven’t these guys all but exempt themselves from criminal activities?
1 – The Dems are not yet in power. The GOP remains in control until the new Congress is convened.
2 – It sounded like a few Dems endorse the idea of impeachment. Pelosi may not like it and may be able to block such motions…
Even if this program eventually is decided to be unconstitutional, no one is going to jail or be fined or any of that. The courts will simply tell them how to make it constitutional and say semi-naasty things about it…like….***your Mother was married to a Warthog*** or along those lines.
As soon as Congress passes a law or a court find it unconstitutional, I expect Bush to pardon everyone at the NSA, CIA, Defense, and every other agency that broke the law.
One interesting take on this “investigation” I bumped into, today, was — now, Gonzalez can avoid testifying if he wishes — “because this is under investigation” — and he doesn’t wish to prejudice anything.
I know. We still need two more years of hip boots!
Hey! At least we know what their screen-saver looks like.
smartalix, whould you impeach the vice president also. And on down the line till they come to someone you agree with? i am not a bushie. Thank God for term limits,they will take care of the problem.
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If they broke the law, they chould go to jail, no matter how high up they are.
By your logic, we should put up with rape because the guy is going to eventually finish and go away. Being in office is not a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Screw impeachment. Bush is a CSMF, but let’s not let those idiots in Congress play in the mud an impeachment is sure to generate. Better to let them (congress) address, and clean up, all the messes created by six years of “make it up as we go along” government.
Even a liberal Clinton loyalist like Lanny Davis thinks the NSA program is good on privacy grounds, and he has access to the details of the actual operation rather than your hysteria. The plain reality is that it’s Democrats who have been expanding surveillance laws. Most of the Patriot Act was proposed when Clinton was President. He passed roving wiretaps. Al Gore promoted the Clipper chip, and John Dvorak probably can link to his columns complaining about it. I don’t think Republicans are any better at privacy, considering how easily they passed the health care ID card(but have blocked its funding ever since).