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Originally posted by Rodeo
Then why did he lie about it? Why did he tell the American people that it was because the administration didn't have the luxury of time to wait for a warrant?
I'm sorry, when somebody lies about something this important, I'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt on anything else.
I think the real reason is so there would be no accountability, no oversight, no restrictions on whom they could spy on. Or how they could use the information.
5 out of 19,000 FISA warrant applications have been denied. The president did not risk a major constitutional crisis because he wanted to improve those odds.
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This was a bold approach compared to previous spying I'm sure, so previous "percentages denied" don't play. Which ties in to Bush's claimed "need for speed". Say you've got taps in place and a judge says NO, you cannot do this type anymore. Then they get tied up in arguments with the judges instead of collecting Intel.