My Letter to the Editor about Bush's spying

Dear Editor,

President Bush has publicly admitted to illegally authorizing the National Security Agency to spy on American citizens in the absence of a warrant. Based on this confession, Congress should immediately begin impeachment proceedings.

The President’s actions violate Section 1809a of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (which requires a warrant from a special court to begin domestic spying on American citizens), as well as Article II, Section III of the Constitution (which requires that the President “shall take care that the Laws be faithfully executed”). The president cannot claim “national security”, because he neither followed the provisions of the law for emergency surveillance, nor asked Congress to alter the law. This has been going on for three years, and the President has re-authorized this action over thirty times.

It is time for President Bush to learn that he is not the King of America, and he cannot blithely ignore Congress. The American people will not tolerate his royal pretensions. I urge everyone who reads this to call their representative and ask them to support the impeachment of President Bush.

Sincerely,

Name Removed

I sent it to the Chicago Tribune. What do you all think?

It would be great if editors all over the country were inundated with calls for impeachment.

I hope many people will see it. K and r.

It's just not enough to impeach. Nowhere near enough.

The law calls for up to a $10,000 fine and 5 years in prison. Times thirty! That's $300,000 and 150 years in prison!

Furthermore, every citizen whose privacy was violated should sue for actual damages and punitive damages as provided for in the law!

that is going a bit easy on him but it will do.
:-)

be shoe string relatives of the British Royals... or so I've heard, perhaps it goes to one's head after a time.

Good point!:-)

I might borrow from it :-)

:thumbsup:

President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Act (NSA) to spy on American citizens in clear violation of the 4th Amendment of the United States Constitution.

This is an impeachable offense regardless of the "911 changed everything" excuse, but unless this President has sex with an intern on the oval office desk in front of the media, the Republican controlled Congress will do absolutely nothing.

In fact they would probably say he deserved it for his great leadership in the Iraq War.

President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Act (NSA) to spy on American citizens in clear violation of the 4th Amendment of the United States Constitution.

This is an impeachable offense regardless of the "911 changed everything" excuse, but unless this President has sex with an intern on the oval office desk in front of the media, the Republican controlled Congress will do absolutely nothing.

In fact they would probably say he deserved it for his great leadership in the Iraq War.

It's so well written I'm envious.

Let me know if you get it printed, ok?

Mine always do. Thank you.

It's an excellent letter. Brief, pertinent and to the point. I'd like to send it to my local paper too, if you don't mind?

the more the merrier. Let me know where and when if it gets published, though:)

Let us know if they print it.

think! It's short and sweet..concise and right to the heart of the matter.

Impeach bush..the idiot confessed on the national airwaves..we should have known he would be stupid enough to do something like this..the crime and the confession.

continue to spy on American citizens in the future. That shows to me that he feels he is above the law and that impeachment is the only way to stop him from trampling on the Constitution.

DEMAND accountability. THEY are NOT doing their job. Demand investigation starting immediately.

Tell them this is an impeachable offense, and a betrayal of Americans.