A small editorial about recent events.

[David G. Koontz]

dan at geer.org wrote:
> Clinton's Asst. A.G.
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0512210142dec21,0,3553632.story?
> coll=chi-newsopinioncommentary-hed
> 
> Dick Morris
> http://www.drudgereport.com/flash7.htm
> 
> 
> --dan
> 

Yet President Bush as publicly stated it requires a court order to wiretap:

  "Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, 
any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it 
requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by 
the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking 
about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our 
fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, 
constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is 
necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040420-2.html

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