ACLU Calls on Gonzales to Appoint Special Counsel, i.e. Spying

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WASHINGTON - In a formal request to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the American Civil Liberties Union today called for the immediate appointment of an outside special counsel to investigate and prosecute any criminal acts and violations of laws as a result of the National Security Agency’s surveillance of domestic targets as authorized by President Bush.

"President Bush’s disregard and disrespect for the Constitution are evident, but in America, we are all bound by the rule of law," said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director. "The president took an oath to ‘preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States.’ He cannot use a claim of seeking to preserve our nation to undermine the rules that serve as our foundation. The Attorney General, who may have been involved with the formulation of this policy, must appoint an outside special counsel to let justice be served."

In its letter, the ACLU called on the Attorney General to "appoint an outside special counsel with the independence to investigate and prosecute any and all criminal acts committed by any member of the Executive Branch in the warrantless electronic surveillance of people in the United States over the past four years by the NSA," noting that, "such crimes are serious felonies and they need to be fully and independently investigated."

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/23195prs20051221.html

[KoKo]

1. Great News!

Should keep attention on this and maybe they will be sucessful. We can't count on Repugs to do proper hearings so it has to be an outside group putting pressure on to keep this in the public mind. We know how the media wants this to be a "one week wonder" story.

[Vidar]

2. Yes! thousand times--yes!

[caligirl]

3. bet Bush is wishing he had a blue stained dress instead now.

[GrumpyGreg]

4. This was inevitable. n't