Clinton Claimed Authority to Order No-Warrant Searches
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COMMENTARY
NR's Byron York asks if anyone remembers when Clinton Claimed Authority to Order No-Warrant Searches.
Yes, I remember a lot of things from the Clinton years. I remember the IRS audits ordered for folks the Clintons didn't like. I remember Janet Reno's handling of the Branch Davidians at Waco. I remember news photos of Elian Gonzalez being snatched at gunpoint. I remember a president who, on national television, uttered the now infamous words, "I did not have sex with that woman." I remember Wag the Dog and a sadly, I remember a president impeached.
It's too bad other folks have such a short memory. Worse yet, these forgetful folks are elected offiicals and news outfits charged with maintaining the freedom our country.
NEWSLINE
"The Department of Justice believes, and the case law supports, that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes," Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on July 14, 1994, "and that the President may, as has been done, delegate this authority to the Attorney General."
NEWSBYTE
Clinton Claimed Authority to Order No-Warrant Searches
Does anyone remember that?
In a little-remembered debate from 1994, the Clinton administration argued that the president has "inherent authority" to order physical searches -- including break-ins at the homes of U.S. citizens -- for foreign intelligence purposes without any warrant or permission from any outside body. Even after the administration ultimately agreed with Congress's decision to place the authority to pre-approve such searches in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court, President Clinton still maintained that he had sufficient authority to order such searches on his own.
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COMMENTARYNR's Byron York asks if anyone remembers when Clinton Claimed Authority to Order No-Warrant Searches.
Yes, I remember a lot of things from the Clinton years. I remember the IRS audits ordered for folks the Clintons didn't like. I remember Janet Reno's handling of the Branch Davidians at Waco. I remember news photos of Elian Gonzalez being snatched at gunpoint. I remember a president who, on national television, uttered the now infamous words, "I did not have sex with that woman." I remember Wag the Dog and a sadly, I remember a president impeached.
It's too bad other folks have such a short memory. Worse yet, these forgetful folks are elected offiicals and news outfits charged with maintaining the freedom our country.
NEWSLINE
"The Department of Justice believes, and the case law supports, that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes," Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on July 14, 1994, "and that the President may, as has been done, delegate this authority to the Attorney General."
NEWSBYTE
Clinton Claimed Authority to Order No-Warrant Searches
Does anyone remember that?
In a little-remembered debate from 1994, the Clinton administration argued that the president has "inherent authority" to order physical searches -- including break-ins at the homes of U.S. citizens -- for foreign intelligence purposes without any warrant or permission from any outside body. Even after the administration ultimately agreed with Congress's decision to place the authority to pre-approve such searches in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court, President Clinton still maintained that he had sufficient authority to order such searches on his own.
TENSION: Inclusive
GRAVITY: Status quo
Tags: politics, News, terrorism, Middle East, White House, Iraq, war, journalism, mainstream media, press, current events, Bush, Snoopgate
MAINTAIN THE TENSION: VISIT OUR ADVERTISERS
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