White House Derails Attempts to End Illegal Wiretapping

P. Rivacy writes "If you recall, last month we discussed Congress's attempts to outlaw the already illegal NSA wiretaps authorized by the President. The White House is now using delaying tactics to derail the passage of that bill. Their tactic is to stall on providing documents related to the President's warrantless wiretapping program, despite requests from the Senate Intelligence Committee that is currently reviewing the proposed legislation. '"Another critical priority for congressional oversight is government wiretapping of Americans, conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and, illegally, under the President's warrantless wiretapping program," Senator Russ Feingold said. "When the program was finally placed within the FISA process, an opportunity arose for the Administration and the Congress to move forward, under the law. Unfortunately, the Administration has yet to demonstrate a real interest in doing so."'"

Hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

If you outlaw illegal wiretaps, only outlaws will use legal wiretaps.

Re:This is new how?

[genner]

This would put Cheney in charge.
I don't think you've thought your brilliant plan all the way through.

Re:The liberal hand wringing in this thread is:

[Anonymous Coward]

WRONG! I post on Kuro5hin too...