The Gorelick Precedent? Pro and Con
Byron York claims that the President is only following the precedent of the Clinton Administration when it comes to warrantless searches, citing testimony by then-Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick. Not so fast, says Think Progress - Gorelick testified in 1994, and FISA was amended in 1995. Who’s right? You tell me…
York also reminds us that one of the preliminary findings of the September 11th Commission was that the FISA process was far too slow…
Meanwhile, sources with the NY Times say the NSA story was timed to coincide with the book release by the article’s co-author, after all – not to hype the book, which they have no financial interest in, but to preserve the ’scoop’, so to speak…
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