This is not an easy letter to write, and I'm afraid it may be a hard one to believe.
By now you have probably heard the news that George Bush is using the National Security Agency to conduct surveillance on American citizens without the consent of any court. After initially refusing to confirm the story, the President has admitted to personally overseeing this domestic spying program for years and he says he intends to continue the program.
These actions explicitly violate a law designed to protect US citizens. But the administration says that other laws somehow allow for this unprecedented use of a foreign intelligence agency to spy on Americans right here in the United States. According to reports, political appointees in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel wrote still-classified legal opinions laying out the supposed justification for this program.
I have asked our General Counsel to draft a Freedom of Information Act request for the relevant legal opinions and memos written by that office. Since the program's existence is no longer a secret, these memos should be released -- Americans deserve to know exactly what authority this administration believes it has.
This is terrible that the president is using the protection of the U.S to invade our privacy. He should be put into jail immidiatly
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I don't think this is right, and just because he is the president he should not be able to use U.S. protection and invade our privacy. It is wrong and even though he is the president should be faced with a fine.
I agree. Bush is definitely abusing his presidential power here. Bypassing the fact that he's supposed to respect the American people always, he's snubbing Congress too. It's almost hard to believe that he's ignorant enough to follow in Nixon's footsteps. When the public says stay out of their business, the President should stay out of the business.
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