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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
I am unsure where W is getting the authority to do these taps, et al. The law guiding this procedure is very clear that the warrant from the secret court must first be obtained. Also, if memory serves me correctly, that secret court has denied like 20 out of 14,000 requests over the last few years - so little evidence apparently is required. So, it makes no sense that W and, more importantly, Rove would not have put the ones at issue in front of that court and then sign an Executive Order allowing the taps to take place. This just makes no sense, but it clearly was illegal - at least according to anything I have read and though I have not read it all.
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I can't see how anyone would think it's not blatantly illegal. I'm most curious to know who he was actually wiretapping.
I sat there and watched Jeffrey Toobin on CNN yesterday dance around the subject and never really answer Paula Zahn's question of whether it was illegal or not. Maybe he's afraid of being wiretapped.
