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In reply to the discussion: ACLU: "Comey approved some of the worst abuses committed by the Bush administration" [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)56. He approved the memo in 2004
Bush DOJ's most senior lawyers - Attorney General John Ashcroft, Deputy Attorney General James Comey and OLC chief Jack Goldsmith - approved a legal memorandum in 2004 endorsing radical executive power theories and warped statutory interpretations, concluding that the Bush NSA warrantless eavesdropping program was legal, thus making it more difficult to prosecute the Bush officials who ordered it (even if the Obama DOJ were inclined to prosecute, which they were not).
http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-fbi-chief-backed-nsa-wiretapping-2013-5#ixzz2UpJ5MDNf
You cite emails, talk and emails are cheap, cosigning a legal memorandum endorsing it is more important than an email public relations CYA thing. One is what he DID the other is him saying "I dint like it man".
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ACLU: "Comey approved some of the worst abuses committed by the Bush administration" [View all]
Luminous Animal
May 2013
OP
The ACLU lost all credibility when they defended the Citizens United decision. nt
Pragdem
May 2013
#6
Oh puke. I didn't vote for this. Is it too much for a 'Democratic' President to look to his own
myrna minx
May 2013
#8
I have been told repeatedly by Sid this is a partisan site and to criticize makes one third party
Dragonfli
May 2013
#25
I have seen that yes, I am the type of guy they might get because I don't bite my tongue
Dragonfli
May 2013
#66
They aren't, your last sentence is correct, politics IS American Idol to them, and idol loyalty
Dragonfli
May 2013
#59
When right-wing operatives are appointed to high-level national security positions in a
indepat
May 2013
#16
It's true! this is a D partisan only site! and if you don't support this REPUBLICAN you are a third
Dragonfli
May 2013
#28
That goes without saying, if you don't agree with every single thing a guy's into you hate his race
Dragonfli
May 2013
#35
That may be true, but since he has an "(R)" after his name, does that really matter?
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#30
Comey was once a hero here. Anyone remember the Ashcroft hospital affair?
Canuckistanian
May 2013
#41
Thank you. Comey Approved the version of the warrantless wiretapping program we learned about.
NOVA_Dem
May 2013
#54
As I said, yes, different issue, what he said, and what he actually did, it took you awhile....
Dragonfli
May 2013
#61
still counting, you still think he didn't sign off is my guess and still point only at gonzo
Dragonfli
May 2013
#67
I am totally discouraged. This is our Democratic President. Where do we go from
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#88
Ssshhh! When the President appoints yet another Republican to a powerful position
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#90
I knew something was wrong when Cheney and Bush suddenly silenced their hubris-tic bravado
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#99