The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution swings into action

NOW, we're talkin'... here nadler questions steven bradbury, principal deputy assistant attorney general office of legal counsel about warrantless domestic wiretapping and starts to zero in on big-time...

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today held a hearing titled, "Oversight Hearing on the Constitutional Limitations on Domestic Surveillance," to examine the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program and the Administration’s proposals for expanding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The hearing, the first examination of the issue by the House this Congress, is part of a broader series of hearings called, "The Constitution in Crisis: The State of Civil Liberties in America."

"The time has come to void the blank check the White House has enjoyed for the last six years," said Rep. Nadler. "Today’s hearing will examine the legal reasoning behind the Administration’s warrantless wiretapping program that operated without judicial check for years and the recent decision to place it under the ‘approval’ of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Let me be clear: We are not seeking the blueprints to this program – no one wants to expose sources and methods in a public forum. But I do expect honest and forthright answers concerning the legal justifications for the Administration’s actions."

Nadler questions Steven G. Bradbury, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Office of Legal Counsel U. S. Department of Justice.

nadler isn't cutting bradbury any slack... he's going right after the aumf and the lack of legal constitutional basis for the program... give it a look...

thanks to empty wheel at the next hurrah, who offers this concluding comment...

But at least, from the looks of things, we now have someone focusing on where the real abuse of power all starts, with Vice President Cheney.

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