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Saturday, January 14, 2006
Wrong Again
Remember when the story about warrantless wiretapping by the Bush Adminstration broke and Republicans resorted to their favorite tactic -- Clinton did it too? That was the immediate spin, leaked to Drudge, from Rove or Mehlman.
Turns out, once again, they were wrong. You see, Bill Clinton, impeached over a private affair, actually believes in following the Constitution and the law:
Former President Clinton said Thursday that he never ordered wiretaps of
American citizens without obtaining a court order, as President Bush has
acknowledged he has done.
Clinton, in an interview broadcast Thursday on the ABC News program
''Nightline,'' said his administration either received court approval before
authorizing a wiretap or went to court within three days after to get
permission, as required by law.
''We either went there and asked for the approval or, if there was an
emergency and we had to do it beforehand, then we filed within three days
afterward and gave them a chance to second guess it,'' Clinton told ABC.
Bush said in December that he authorized wiretaps without obtaining court
permission and defended the practice as a ''vital tool'' in tracking terrorist
suspects and accomplices.
''I don't have enough facts to know why there would be some reluctance to
go there,'' Clinton told ABC. ''I felt that the court and the setup was more
than enough to do what we needed to do.''
Asked if the president should have the authority to order wiretaps without
warrants, Clinton said, ''I think that's a decision the Supreme Court would have
to resolve.''
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