Is anything they do legal?
Someone could spent the rest of their days posting the incidents of criminality conducted, orchestrated, or condoned by the Bush White House, but since that would lead even the strongest of men to go at their wrists with a broken Lee Greenwood CD, we’ll only skim the most recent scum from the fetid pond that is Bush:
Ex-White House Lawyer Targets Spy Tactic
WASHINGTON – A former top lawyer for the Bush administration on Tuesday said that parts of the President Bush’s much-criticized eavesdropping program were illegal.
There were aspects of the Terrorist Surveillance Program “that I could not find the legal support for,” Jack Goldsmith, the former head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Goldsmith also confirmed he was among Justice Department lawyers who threatened to resign after the hospital stand off because of the White House’s attempt to get around the Justice Department’s opinion of the program. The threat of a mass walkout ultimately convinced the White House to adjust the program.
In his testimony, Goldsmith also contradicted former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who told the committee earlier this year there was no dissent in the administration about legality of the program.</em>
Probably explains why he’s not a Bush admin lawyer anymore. And lets not forget their little attempt to subvert the right of all citizens to vote:
Mystery of 2002 GOP Phone-Jamming Scandal May Finally Be Solved
One of the long-standing mysteries of the Bush presidency is whether the White House and Justice Department were involved in a 2002 New Hampshire voter suppression scandal that produced three criminal convictions but never touched the administration.
First, whether top officials there blocked a New Hampshire prosecutor from pursuing leads involving the White House and both the Republican National and Senatorial Committees.
Second, whether the Department purposely delayed prosecution of the one defendant with ties to the RNC and NRSC until after the 2004 election. The Department did attempt on October 15, 2004, just over two weeks before the election, to block depositions of key witnesses in a civil suit brought by the New Hampshire Democratic Party.</em>
Read the story, and ask yourself this. Would you pay the legal bills for someone not connected to you?
