Ed Huntress wrote:
"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:22:39 -0500, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

And let's be frank: Bush is unlikely to have a genuine opinion of his own

on

the matter. He's no Constitutional scholar, and he wasn't a "C" student

for

nothing. He's listening to his advisors and acting on what he wants to

hear

from them. Yoo was one of his advisors.

One should note..that the time of war snooping on electronic media,
was instituted by FDR at the beginning of WW2. It was further
implimented by Jimmy Carter (Hostage Crisis) and carried forwards
since then by every president.


One can note it, but one will be noting in a vacuum if he doesn't note
several other things. One is that FDR was operating under a declared war.
Two is that there is nothing in this noting to note precisely what FDR
authorized, nor how it relates to the Fourth Amendment. One should also note
the same thing about Carter.

If one has some specific, documented evidence about what they did and more
than empty speculation about how or why those things might have been
illegal, one will have something to talk about. As it is, it's a Rove-type
statement intended to imply something that may or may not have any
substance.

You sound surprised. That was Gunner talking, I mean blabbering.

Abrasha
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