BREAKING: Bush Admits Authorizing Secret Domestic
Spying Program - "This is a highly classified
program that is crucial to our national security. Its
purpose is to detect and prevent terrorist attacks
against the United States, our friends, and allies.
Yesterday, the existence of this secret program was
revealed in media reports after being improperly
provided to news organizations."
BEFORE THIS ADMITTANCE, REPORTS WERE SWARMING...
Bush Approved Eavesdropping, Official Says -
President Bush has personally authorized a secretive
eavesdropping program in the United States more than
three dozen times since October 2001, a senior
intelligence official said Friday night.
Congress To investigate Bush secret domestic
surveillance program - There is no doubt that this
is inappropriate, declared Republican Sen. Arlen
Specter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee. He promised hearings early next
year.
President Bush personally authorized a secretive
eavesdropping program in the United States -
President Bush personally authorized a secretive
eavesdropping program in the United States more than
three dozen times since October 2001, a senior
intelligence official said Friday night.
BUSH EVEN HAD THE CHANCE TO ADMIT IT, BUT HE DID NOT...
Bush won't confirm report NSA spied on Americans -
Without confirming a report that he OK'd eavesdropping
on U.S. citizens in 2002, President Bush defended his
actions since September 11, 2001, saying he has done
everything "within the law" to protect the American
people.
MORE NEWS...
Behind Power, One Principle as Bush Pushes
Prerogatives - From the government's detention of
Americans as "enemy combatants" to the just-disclosed
eavesdropping in the United States without court
warrants, the administration has relied on an unusually
expansive interpretation of the president's authority.
That stance has given the administration leeway for
decisive action, but it has come under severe criticism
from some scholars and the courts.
Patriot Act renewal fails in Senate - The Senate on
Friday rejected efforts to renew expiring provisions of
the Patriot Act, dealing a major blow to President Bush
and the Republican leadership.
OH AND BY THE WAY...
Jesus Never
Really Existed - And here is the video argument.