Hate to be a nitpicker – but you may have this backwards. Unconstitutional does NOT mean criminal. Violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, Title 50, Chapter 36, Subchapter I, � 1809,has consequences far beyond a merely unconstitutional act:

� 1809 Criminal sanctions . . . A person is guilty of an offense if he intentionally . . . engages in electronic surveillance under color of law except as authorized by statute . . . an offense described in this section is punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

Let’s see, five times a gazillion … I wonder how many millenia Bush would have to serve.

For wiretaps – a judge has ruled the program is UNCONSTITUIONAL. Not just a violation of FISA – a violation of the Constitution.

Not just a violation of FISA??

Hate to be a nitpicker – but you may have this backwards. Unconstitutional does NOT mean criminal. Violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, Title 50, Chapter 36, Subchapter I, 1809,has consequences far beyond a merely unconstitutional act:

1809 Criminal sanctions . . . A person is guilty of an offense if he intentionally . . . engages in electronic surveillance under color of law except as authorized by statute . . . an offense described in this section is punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

The form of the oath is prescribed
by statute (5 U.S.C. 3331; I, 128): “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

Those of you who remember my religious beliefs know that I have a problem with the “So help me God” part (for one thing, it’s ungrammatical as written :)). Nevertheless, that’s the oath.

http://www.gpo.gov/congress/ho…../hrm7.html

All you have to do is cut and past the address for the website that you like into the spotlight website, and it takes care of the rest.

Minor clarification. You need to paste more than just the address for the web site.
You must paste a blog post’s permalink.

op99 at 138 — I did, and he’s great. :) He’s been kicking ass lately on his blog, and I told him so.

Good place to send the whiners, “waaahhhh, you’re not covering my to-o-o-opic.” His posts are really wide-ranging.

windje at 134 — he’s quite a charmer, but both Jane and I managed to ask some questions, and debate points on occasion, so I suppose the answer is that I, at least, found him very charming, extremely intelligent and charismatic, but he is a person just like any other (albeit a very bright, very well connected, very astute one). I enjoyed the meeting, but I’m also more than aware of the potential, shall we say, “uses” that all sides of the meeting might have for each other — and what the risks and benefits might be of all of these.

I haven’t lived this long in life without going through the world with my eyes wide open. That said, Bill Clinton does have awfully lovely blue eyes, with a nice twinkle when he laughs at your jokes. *g*

Thanks for the insights – I think your inclusion in the cast of characters he assembled was well deserved.