Wire Tapping

I'm not gonna like to a wiretapping articel given how easy they are to find. I see this as 3 issues involved.

The first issue is if this is illegal. The idea being that Congress can pass a law making anything illegal is wrong because the president has a lot of powers that are not overseeable by congress. I don't know if this is one of them but that is what seems to be argued here. It's more than a bit dodgy, and i would have been much happier if, in say 2004 the prez came out and said we are doing this program, at least to congress as a whole.

The 2nd issue is tha there seems to be an outcry from several democratic congressmen. But, by their own admission, there had been 2 briefed directly. Its not like this program was entirely unknown. Graham's denial of knowledge is tenuous at best because he essentually is saying a private meeting with 3 other top ranks and the vice prez, in the vice prez's office, that was sealed was to discuss no change in policy. That doesn't pass the bullshit test. And Pelosi even admits knowing about it even though she states she had serious misgivings. Neither challenged it as illegal.

The 3rd point that we should be looking at is where the hell did this leak come from. There have now been 2 serious leaks from the CIA (or another intel agency) that have directly brought national security programs into the spotlight. This is a serious problem and needs to be looked into alot. We get a great investigation into the Plame scandel but when there are other alligations, typically against the white house, there is never a question of investigating the leak. Its pissing me of about that.