Bush's abuse of the Patriot Act proves that Congress can not afford to believe a single word he says

[brentspeak]

Per recent reports, the Bush White House is forcing out of office federal prosecutors who have been getting just a little too close to the truth pursuing government-related corruption cases. That's why Carole Lam was kicked out.

But what's making it easy for Bush to kick them out in the first place? A little-known, quietly-inserted provision in the Patriot Act which grants the President new powers to appoint federal prosecutors without Congressional approval.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5deb91f0-b169-11db-b901-0000779e2340.html

Thirteen of the 93 US attorneys have left since the March 2006 passage of a little-noticed amendment to the Patriot Act that – in effect – allows President George W. Bush to install top prosecutors without Senate confirmation.

The lesson, which Congress should have already learned years ago, after Bush launched the Iraq War on the bogus grounds of non-existent WMDs, is that you can't trust a damn thing Bush and his people say. Ever. Under any circumstances. When Bush and his cronies say, "Oh, no, no, no -- we would never, ever abuse this new power that we're requesting/granting ourselves. We'll be responsible," the immediate response on the part of any sane human being should be: "BULL$HIT."

"Fool me once; shame on you. Fool me twice; shame on me."

[niceypoo]

1. "We dont get fooled again"

[Parche]

2. patriot act

See my post on the patriot act....and banking