AG's memo raises questions on Patriot Act (Bush could spy w.out Congress!)

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AG's memo raises questions on Patriot Act --Suggests it's not needed for domestic spying

A footnote in Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's 42-page legal memo defending President (sic) Bush's domestic spying program appears to argue that the administration does not need Congress to extend the USA Patriot Act in order to keep using the law's investigative powers against terror suspects.

The memo states that Congress gave Bush the power to investigate terror suspects using whatever tactics he deemed necessary when it authorized him to use force against Al Qaeda. When Congress later passed the Patriot Act, Bush already had the power to use enhanced surveillance techniques against Al Qaeda, according to the footnote.

Thus, legal specialists say, the administration is asserting that Bush would be able to keep using the powers outlined in the Patriot Act for Al Qaeda (al CIAduh) investigations, regardless of whether Congress reauthorizes the law.

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Lori Price

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1. This is Suggestive Hypnosis for God's Sakes

There is no argument here... it's more of statement. It's more bullshit.... empty rhetoric. His ass needs to be locked up too!

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2. Texans. Everytime this fuckwad pulls something like this, e.g.,

when he lied to Senator Finegold about "hypothetical" wiretap question, a bar grievance should be filed against him.

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3. Yes, and Gonzales needs to be tried for treason, in addition to Bush,

Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rove.

Lori Price