JUDGE: PRES. BUSH'S WIRETAP PROGRAM VIOLATES CONSTITUTION & MUST STOP

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

The fact is that three decades later, Bush is operating in a completely different environment:

A lapdog Congress.

everything he does is under an intense level of hostile scrutiny,

Not from anyone who can do anything about it. Woodward and Bernstein wouldn't have gotten anywhere if Congress had steadfastly refused to set up the Watergate Committee, no matter how much press they got. Or if they'd reluctantly made the committee, but refused to allow it to interview administration officials. Or if they were allowed to interview officials, but not alone and not under oath. Or if official government investigators were denied security clearances, and were therefore forced to terminate the investigation.