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tecelote Donating Member (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 10:59 AM
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Toobin: Bush on 'questionable legal footing
NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Bush said Monday that a program designed to eavesdrop on the international calls involving U.S. citizens suspected of being involved with al Qaeda is legal under an measure enacted by Congress shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said the president's authorization, and subsequent re-approvals every 45 days, might lack legal merit.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/19/toobin.otsc/index.html
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quaoar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 11:06 AM
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1. Might?
LOL
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 11:12 AM
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2. Ya think ??
Hope that shaky footing is more like quicksand

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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 11:58 AM
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3. LoL....Tobin must have receive the Rovian facsimile
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