Al Maviva, writing at Cold Fury, well-encapsulates the argument I made yesterday for the legality of Bush’s domestic NSA monitoring program: […] In brief, the warrantless monitoring exception applies to domestic agents of foreign powers that are tied to national governments, to factions of nations, or to entities openly controlled by foreign governments, per 50 USC 1801(a). The warrantless monitoring exception does not per se apply to operatives of foreign
December 18, 2005
December 18, 2005
About that oft-cited poll…
From Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard, “Eighty Percent of What?” The poll number—80 percent of Iraqis want Americans out of their country—has become a staple of Democratic antiwar rhetoric. Representative John Murtha cited it in his proposed House resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. Democratic national chairman Howard Dean mentioned it in the radio interview in which he said the war in Iraq is unwinnable.