Tuesday, February 14, 2006

"Wiretap"

 


From Boortz.com In case you missed it! http://boortz.com/nuze/200512/12212005.html#wiretap

WIRETAPPING NOTHING NEW

Whether you agree with the reasons George W. Bush gave for ordering secret wiretaps on American citizens without a warrant or not, you may be surprised to learn something: it's nothing new. That's right...let's see if the mainstream media covers this one fairly. Yeah ... I can see you folks holding your breath out there. Past presidents, both Republican and Democrat, have engaged in the same exact warrantless wiretapping that Bush admits to doing.

Let's look at a few examples, shall we? Drudge posted some examples....complete with direct evidence showing the Executive Orders. First up, Bill Clinton...the left's favorite president. Here's a quote from February 9, 1995: "The Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order." Oh my! Searching your home...without a court order. Which is worse...listening to your phone calls, or kicking in your door and going through your personal belongings? I wonder of Congressman John Lewis contemplated calling for Clinton's impeachment over that one? Somehow, I doubt it.

But the Clinton administration didn't stop there....instead of having to actually search your house...how about infrared scanning of it? According to a Clinton Justice Department official, Clinton's authority included "places where you wouldn't find or would be unlikely to find information involving a U.S. citizen... would allow the government to use classified electronic surveillance techniques, such as infrared sensors to observe people inside their homes, without a court order." Such an invasion of privacy! Where was the howling about our civil rights 10 years ago? By the way ... do you have any understanding what they could discover with infrared scanning? How about two hot intertwined bodies? Oh well, moving on ......

The answer, of course, is simple. The mainstream media gave Clinton a pass...one they're not giving to Bush. If there is a Democrat in the Oval Office...all is well and he can do no wrong. But since it's a Republican...well, that's different. They have to nail him to the wall.

Oh..and Jimmy Carter did the same thing. He signed an executive order in 1979 saying the Attorney General had the power to do electronic surveillance without a warrant. Will we hear about these past examples from the mainstream media? You're not still holding your breath, are you?
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