Friday, February 17, 2006
The opposite of intelligence
Hmmm. OK then, but not OK now. I wonder what's different?...
Debra J. Saunders calls it The opposite of intelligence:
"After all, the Clinton administration conducted warrantless searches in an American's home. His name was Aldrich Ames, and he later pleaded guilty to spying for the former Soviet Union while working for the CIA. As the Washington Post reported in 1994, 'government officials decided in the Ames case that no warrant was required because the searches were conducted for 'foreign intelligence purposes.' ' There was no huge outcry that Clintonia should have obtained a warrant."
"Former Clinton Justice official Jamie Gorelick contended in a letter to the Judiciary Committee that the president had 'the inherent authority to authorize foreign intelligence physical searches'"