This country is going to hell quicker and quicker
I was cooking dinner, listening to NRP and I heard on the news that the Justice department is investigating the New York Times for the leak about the fact that the President of the United States of America authorized the NSA to spy on Americans. They are saying that it messed with National Security. Oh my Gawd! I can't believe they're doing that. This administration has the balls to really do this? Why hasn't this man been impeached yet for violating the Constitution of the United States of America?"The leaking of classified information is a serious issue. The fact is that al-Qaida's playbook is not printed on Page One and when America's is, it has serious ramifications," Duffy told reporters in Crawford, Texas, where Bush was spending the holidays.
Catherine Mathis, a spokeswoman for the Times, declined to comment.
Disclosure of the secret spying program two weeks ago unleashed a firestorm of criticism of the administration. Some critics accused the president of breaking the law by authorizing intercepts of conversations - without prior court approval or oversight - of people inside the United States and abroad who had suspected ties to al-Qaida or its affiliates.
Bush, who publicly acknowledged the program's existence and described how it operates, has argued that the initiative is legal in a time of war.
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"It's pretty stunning that, rather than focus on whether the president broke his oath of office and broke federal law, they are going after the whistleblowers," said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Romero said a special prosecutor from outside the Justice Department needs to be appointed. "This confirms many of the fears about Gonzales' appointment - that he would not be sufficiently independent from the president and that he would play the role of a crony," he said.
Duke University law professor Scott Silliman agreed that the Justice Department is taking the wrong approach.
"Somebody in the government has enough concern about this program that they are talking to reporters," Silliman said. "I don't think that is something the Justice Department should try to prosecute."
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Catherine Mathis, a spokeswoman for the Times, declined to comment.
Disclosure of the secret spying program two weeks ago unleashed a firestorm of criticism of the administration. Some critics accused the president of breaking the law by authorizing intercepts of conversations - without prior court approval or oversight - of people inside the United States and abroad who had suspected ties to al-Qaida or its affiliates.
Bush, who publicly acknowledged the program's existence and described how it operates, has argued that the initiative is legal in a time of war.
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"It's pretty stunning that, rather than focus on whether the president broke his oath of office and broke federal law, they are going after the whistleblowers," said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Romero said a special prosecutor from outside the Justice Department needs to be appointed. "This confirms many of the fears about Gonzales' appointment - that he would not be sufficiently independent from the president and that he would play the role of a crony," he said.
Duke University law professor Scott Silliman agreed that the Justice Department is taking the wrong approach.
"Somebody in the government has enough concern about this program that they are talking to reporters," Silliman said. "I don't think that is something the Justice Department should try to prosecute."
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