The Definition of Blowback
The Bush Administration not only violated the U.S. Constitution by spying on Americans, this stunt of pulling an end-run around the FISA Court has now laid the legal ground for terrorists to claim their incarceration was based on false information obtained illegally. This one screw-up now forms the basis for legal appeals by defense lawyers in Florida, Ohio, Oregon and Virginia.
So not only did the Bush Administration publicly admit to violating a law that requires a minimum sentence of a $10,000 fine and 5 years in prison, not only did it commit a massive overreach of Executive power that outstrips previous abuses like Iran-Contra or the exploits of the Nixon Administration, but it may have weakened the very "war on terror" it was supposedly attempting to strengthen.
Congratulations! You've managed to weaken both our freedoms AND our security. Way to go.
So not only did the Bush Administration publicly admit to violating a law that requires a minimum sentence of a $10,000 fine and 5 years in prison, not only did it commit a massive overreach of Executive power that outstrips previous abuses like Iran-Contra or the exploits of the Nixon Administration, but it may have weakened the very "war on terror" it was supposedly attempting to strengthen.
Congratulations! You've managed to weaken both our freedoms AND our security. Way to go.
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11:01 AM
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