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February 11, 2006
Liberal Hypocrisy Alert: Former President Jimmy Carter
"...in 1977, Mr. Carter and his attorney general, Griffin B. Bell, authorized warrantless electronic surveillance used in the conviction of two men for spying on behalf of Vietnam.The men, Truong Dinh Hung and Ronald Louis Humphrey, challenged their espionage convictions to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which unanimously ruled that the warrantless searches did not violate the men's rights.
In its opinion, the court said the executive branch has the 'inherent authority' to wiretap enemies such as terror plotters and is excused from obtaining warrants when surveillance is 'conducted 'primarily' for foreign intelligence reasons.'"
Along with some other uncouth Democrats, former President Jimmy Carter used Coretta Scott King's funeral as his political soap box to criticize the Bush administration for making the decision to pursue terrorists within this country by eavesdropping on their conversations. Yet again, it is apparent that Liberal outrage is a one way street.
(hat tip to: Stop the ACLU, and Rhymes With Right.)
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Posted by capecodcyclist at February 11, 2006 05:41 PM
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Drew - It's worse than that.
The person who ordered the illegal wiretap on Dr. King for the purpose of blackmailing him was .... Atty. General Robert Kennedy.
Haven't read much about THAT in the MSM!
Posted by: Peter Porcupine at February 13, 2006 11:19 PM
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