Word: oversight
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...first real public debate in Congress since 9/11 about presidential authority in times of war, and so while the hearing was ostensibly about the President's secret warrantless wiretapping program, the most exercised debate was about how far the Commander in Chief's powers could be taken without judicial oversight...
...performs its own oversight, said Gonzales. The program, he argued, is run by professional intelligence officers, and the NSA Inspector General reviews the program to be sure the agency is not listening in on the conversations of unsuspecting citizens. Also, he added, the program itself, which monitors only phone calls where one end originates outside the U.S., is renewed every 45 days on the condition, said Gonzales, that "al Qaeda continues to pose a threat...
...doing in the guise of tracking terrorists [Jan. 16]. Klein is out of touch with the U.S. mainstream. It's not just liberals who are objecting; many conservatives as well are concerned by the flagrant disregard of the law by Bush's approving wiretaps without a warrant or any oversight whatsoever by anyone outside the Executive Branch. Had the President followed the law, there would be no discussion about the wiretaps. If the investigations now under way indeed conclude that the wiretaps are illegal, approving them would be an impeachable offense...
...Saturday nights. “Each candidate had a representative at the vote count,” said Jon C. Bardin ’06, outgoing chair. “We didn’t think it was necessary to release the vote count because there was enough oversight.” To ensure an accurate count, tutor Bill Anderson read aloud each vote, while three seniors on the HoCo, each overseen by a representative of one of the candidates, tallied the results. All three seniors came up with the same tallies, and Bardin sent out an e-mail late...
...wrong side of the debate over the Bush Administration's eavesdropping on citizens without a court order, but he misrepresents the situation. No one objects to wiretapping to prevent terrorism. It is the unchecked power to order surveillance that is worrisome. When the President can decide without oversight who the enemy is, there is nothing to prevent his spying on war protesters, Time reporters or anyone else on his personal enemies list. The same objection applies to the President's assumption of the authority to arrest suspected terrorists and hold them out of sight: there is simply...