Okay, here's the deal... The Clinton EO authorized the Attorney General to "certify" a wire tap... Hey, this is a cabinet level presidential appointee and thou I don't like the AG haviong that power, hey, the EO was issued for all the world to see, and complain, or love, or whatever...

The big difference is that in Bush's case, who really knows who can go on a wire-tapin' fishing expedition... Memebers of then NSA??? Like which members??? Low level clerks??? And were the Amercian people told that Bush was doing this??? Sid Clinton hide the fact that he signed an EO in '96??? No, he didn't... Bush did....

No to WIT: Given the restrictions placed on spying outlined with in FISA, even given the Clinton EO, there was some control and some public knowledge of the order...

By keeping it it secret, even from most of the Congress (with the exception of a few trusted few, I feel that Bush certainly fired a shot at the the 4th amendment.... I believe that the American people deserve to know if their privacy is being invaded and if so, why... And they need to understand their rights to due process... What Bush has done here violates those basic rights...

He he wanted to circumvent FIAS he should have made an effort to change the laws, rather than sneakily break them...

Bobert