Senator silenced by old law

http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005122236/

Because of a clause in federal law, Democratic U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller could not bring to the Senate floor his concerns about President George W. Bush's executive authorization of a domestic spying program, his office said.

A section of the 1947 National Security Act says if the president determines information related to covert programs is particularly sensitive, the so-called "Gang of 8" are the only ones who can know about it.

Some have questioned the legality of the National Security Agency program, because warrants were not first obtained from a special federal court. The program monitored international telephone calls and e-mails of American citizens suspected of being associated with terrorism after September 11, 2001.

We're on our way

(actually we've been heading in that direction for quite a while, even before 9/11, like the secret meeting with the big oil contributors &c)

No wonder Putin looked like a soul mate - KGB to the core.

"Some have questioned the legality of the National Security Agency program, because warrants were not first obtained from a special federal court. "

No, we question that he got no warrants even after the fact, since it's allowable to get warrants after the tap...If he didn't bother getting the warrants afterward, that tells two things...HE DOSEN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE LAW APPLYING TO HIM, or HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE WARRANTS APPROVED BECAUSE THEY WERE ILLEGAL...