Comments on: NY Times Approves of ‘Illegal’ Spying Under Clinton http://www.californiaconservative.org/terrorism/ny-times-approves-of-illegal-spying-under-clinton/ Speaking Out For The Silent Majority (TM) Sun, 27 May 2012 06:23:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://www.californiaconservative.org/terrorism/ny-times-approves-of-illegal-spying-under-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-85120 Matthew Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:49:40 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=1975#comment-85120 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. link The issue of spying isn't at issue here since anyone who's paid attention for the last twenty years knows that presidents have access to this. The issue is one of circumventing the rule of 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. link

The issue of spying isn’t at issue here since anyone who’s paid attention for the last twenty years knows that presidents have access to this. The issue is one of circumventing the rule of law.

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