Attorney General: Judges Unfit to Rule. / War Protesters Names in Dept. Of Defense Files, 9/11
From: Dick Eastman
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Did Specter Give White House Power to Replace Prosecutors ?
The president signed it into law in March of last year -- by June, they were already moving to replace unwanted prosecutors.
By Paul Kiel 17 Jan 2007
In order to replace several U.S. Attorneys with handpicked successors, the Bush Administration has relied on a tiny, obscure provision tucked into last year's USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act... Former Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) slipped the language into the bill at the very last minute, according to one of the Republican managers of the bill. WH Moved Swiftly to Replace US Attorneys By Paul Kiel 16 Jan 2007 The administration is replacing U.S. Attorneys throughout the country...
It was an obscure provision in the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act, and it didn't take them very long to use it. The president signed it into law in March of last year -- by June, they were already moving to replace unwanted prosecutors. Secret Court to Govern Wiretapping Plan 17 Jan 2007 The Justice Department, easing a Bush administration policy, said Wednesday it has decided to give an independent body [the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court] authority to monitor the government's controversial domestic spying program. White House Says Judiciary Will Monitor Spy Program 17 Jan 2007 The Bush regime, in what appears to be a concession to its critics, said today it will allow an independent court to monitor its warrantless electronic-eavesdropping program. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, created by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to supervise anti-terrorism wiretapping within the United States, will supervise the eavesdropping operations.