http://jdallen.org/politics/att-general-gonzalez-gives-justice-the-finger/ "To Bigotry No Sanction, To Persecution No Assistance" Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:49:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://jdallen.org/politics/att-general-gonzalez-gives-justice-the-finger/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Wiretapping and Tribunals » The Allen Almanac Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:43:46 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/att-general-gonzalez-gives-justice-the-finger/#comment-828 [...] Congress is trying to allow the White House’s warrantless wiretapping and their tribunal plans. With prodding from Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10 to 8 along party lines to approve a bill negotiated with the White House to allow — but not require — Bush to submit the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program to a secret court for constitutional review. [...] [...] Congress is trying to allow the White House’s warrantless wiretapping and their tribunal plans. With prodding from Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10 to 8 along party lines to approve a bill negotiated with the White House to allow — but not require — Bush to submit the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program to a secret court for constitutional review. [...]

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