{"id":2114,"date":"2007-06-12T01:32:22","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T07:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2114"},"modified":"2017-05-21T01:00:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T07:00:40","slug":"ultra-conservative-wa-times-discusses-impeachable-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/ultra-conservative-wa-times-discusses-impeachable-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra Conservative WA Times Discusses Impeachable Offense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/story.jpg\" > <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/story.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"story.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a>The Washington Times<br \/>\nSecret government?<br \/>\nBy Bruce Fein<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, House Judiciary Democrats inquired when the Justice Department initially concluded the Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) against international terrorism empowered the National Security Agency (NSA) to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance against U.S. citizens in contravention of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA).<br \/>\n    President Bush had earlier publicly explained that the NSA&#8217;s warrantless spying had commenced in October 2001 in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks; and the department had previously volunteered that the AUMF was its primary legal rationale. The question pertained to exposing circumventions of FISA by executive officials, which could ultimately lead to impeachment. The statute makes FISA the &#8220;exclusive&#8221; means of gathering foreign intelligence by targeting American citizens on American soil, and punishes intentional violations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com\/commentary\/20070611-085931-6938r.htm\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Times Secret government? By Bruce Fein In 2006, House Judiciary Democrats inquired when the Justice Department initially concluded the Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) against international terrorism empowered the National Security Agency (NSA) to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance against U.S. citizens in contravention of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA)&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,7,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-evidence","category-republicans-for-impeachment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ultra Conservative WA Times Discusses Impeachable Offense &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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