Gore: Bush 'Repeatedly and Persistently' Broke the Law

Gore: Bush 'Repeatedly and Persistently' Broke the Law

WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Al Gore called Monday for an independent investigation of President Bush's domestic spying program, contending the president "repeatedly and persistently" broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without court approval.

Speaking on Martin Luther King Jr.'s national holiday, the man who lost the 2000 presidential election to Bush was interrupted repeatedly by applause as he called the anti-terrorism program "a threat to the very structure of our government."

Gore charged that the administration acted without congressional authority and made a "direct assault" on a special federal court that authorizes requests to eavesdrop on Americans. One judge on the court resigned last month, voicing concerns about the National Security Agency's surveillance of e-mails and phone calls.

A spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, Tracey Schmitt, attacked Gore's comments shortly after address.

"Al Gore's incessant need to insert himself in the headline of the day is almost as glaring as his lack of understanding of the threats facing America," Schmitt said. "While the president works to protect Americans from terrorists, Democrats deliver no solutions of their own, only diatribes laden with inaccuracies and anger. "

Wrong Ms. Schmitt. the president is creating a scenario that continues to put is in deeper danger. He is the offender. Bush's incessant unilateral decisions, and covering up what really happened 9/11 will serve to take us to grave new levels of danger...and I am NOT a democrat.

Gore said there is still much to learn about the domestic surveillance program, but he already has drawn a conclusion about its legality.

"What we do know about this pervasive wiretapping virtually compels the conclusion that the president of the United States has been breaking the law repeatedly and persistently," the Democrat maintained.

Bush has pointed to a congressional resolution passed after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that authorized him to use force in the fight against terrorism as allowing him to order the program.

Bush knew about 9/11 before the fact. He is a paraniod menace to society that wants to make sure we don't find out the exact nature of his complicity.
All the evidence points to FBI cover-ups, information being confiscated and conviently ommitted the fact that Mr. Bush's brother was head of security at the WTC (and Dulles Airport) and power was off in the south tower from 30 hours the weekend of Sept. 8-9.