It seems a federal court doesn’t quite agree with the Shrubya administration on FISA:
A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the “exclusive” means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he rejected the government’s claim that the president’s constitutional authority as commander in chief trumped that law.
Duh. Unitary executive my ass. Compare Greenwald.
Hat tip: John Cole who observes:
As a side note, this seems to be yet another example of the Bush administration simply doing whatever the hell they want anddaring someone to tell them no. This time, someone did. Only took seven years.
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