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More on American Wiretapping....

This excellent opinion-piece by Frank Rich in the NYT puts into context the way the US Administration has used wire-taps, illegally, it's over the top condemnation of the NYT for revealing the illegal eavesdropping a few weeks ago and Dick Cheney's quite extraordinary claim, last week, that had the Administration been able to use wire-taps more extensively, 9/11 could have been prevented. Oh yeah? What Cheney asserts is false - given Congressional-committee findings in relation to 9/11 and other revelations about the CIA and FBI post 9/11.

What is so very troubling about the actions of Bush and Co. is that there seems little recognition - let alone understanding, certainly not publicly - that their actions were no better than those of tricky Dicky Nixon back in the early 70's, or that a President is not above the law. But then again, the cabal around Bush appear to have no sense of legal or moral responsibility in relation to either their words or actions. Just reflect on now AG Gonzales who advised Bush on the alleged ability of the US to circumvent the Geneva Convention.

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