No Word on Bush's Jail Sentence
In an overdue acknowledgement of the law, the highest law official in the country, Attorney General Alberto "Don't Call Me Speedy" Gonzales is allowing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) to do its job and actually oversee foreign intelligence surveillance by the Bush Administration.
In an move that he called "innovative," the AG - who overlooked the Bush Administration's breaking of the 25+ year old FISA law - is returning jurisdiction of all domestic and international snooping to where it belongs. Very big of him...
Not included in the announcement are any details on the Bush Administration's recent use of a signing statement to approve the opening of Americans' mail, nor how many years George W. Bush will serve for breaking the law.
Sadly, this isn't sarcasm or a joke...
Under FISA law, Bush should be serving several years in prison for breaking the law, as well as paying significant fines. But his appointed Attorney General seems unable to actually enforce any existing laws, but rather defy or redefine those that serve his boss's interests.
Wow, what's next? VP Cheney not held to account for his gathering of false intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war? Oh, sorry, that's already happening too... Should we all be rooting for "Scooter" Libby in hopes that he gets a mistrial once his former-boss's dark cloak is revealed, as well as the many misdeeds we don't know about yet?
These are sad days for America. Great times for comedians and dictators; still, sad days indeed.
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