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"President Clinton, however, has asked Congress to pass legislation that would give the Federal Bureau of Investigation the power to use "roving wiretaps" without a court order. The president also fought for sweeping legislation that is forcing the telephone industry to make its network more easily accessible to law enforcement wiretaps. Those initiatives have led ACLU officials to describe the Clinton White House as "the most wiretap-friendly administration in history."
Nadine Strossen, "No Safer, But a Little Less Free," Washington Post, September 2, 1996 pg A1
Thirteen years ago, President Clinton opened the door to warrantless wiretapping. It was George Bush who blew it into a Constitutional emergency. Everyone here struggles to right that mistake.
The remarkable thing about neocons, is their simple failure with all the opportunity in the world, to successfully enact any part of their agenda. You had the opportunity and blew it, that opportunity will not come again. That my frem, is what you will need to struggle with. Good luck with that.
