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Regarding the realization that Bush authorized wiretapping of US citizens and his intention to continue doing so, why is it that no one in the adminstration seems to be able to offer any concrete legal justification for his position that what he has ordered is legal?
He keeps referring broadly to "the Constitution" as his authority. For all that tells us, he might as well say "the Bible" gives him his authority (which he prolly believes, but that's a different thread).
The pathetic thing is that the NYT sat on this story for about a year. Bush had to know that at some point, this was going to come out and he was going to have to explain himself. That he is now unable to offer anything more direct than "the Constitution" suggests to me that either he can't do so or that his ego prevented him from realizing this would ever come out...
Either way,
He keeps referring broadly to "the Constitution" as his authority. For all that tells us, he might as well say "the Bible" gives him his authority (which he prolly believes, but that's a different thread).
The pathetic thing is that the NYT sat on this story for about a year. Bush had to know that at some point, this was going to come out and he was going to have to explain himself. That he is now unable to offer anything more direct than "the Constitution" suggests to me that either he can't do so or that his ego prevented him from realizing this would ever come out...
Either way,
