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2005 Continued...
· Press Briefing by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and General Michael Hayden, Principal Deputy Director for National Intelligence (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051219-1.html) , James S. Brady Briefing Room, December 19, 2005 (8:30 A.M. EST). re Alberto R. Gonzales and Michael V. Hayden.
· georgia10, "Gonzales: Congress Gave President The Authority To Spy On Americans," (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/12/19/9649/0429) Daily Kos, December 19, 2005.
· Pauline Jelinek, "Gonzales Says Congress Authorized Spying," (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/domestic_spying ) Associated Press (Yahoo! News), December 19, 2005 (10:15 A.M. EST).
· George W. Bush, News Release: Press Conference of the President (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/print/20051219-2.html) , White House East Room, December 19, 2005 (10:32 A.M. EST).
· "Bush says leaking spy program a 'shameful act'. President vows to continue domestic eavesdropping," (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10530417/) NBC News, December 19, 2005.
· Terence Hunt, "Bush Says NSA Surveillance Necessary, Legal," (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush;_ylt=AmSFvZW2OzZZmC4Shu37rG2GOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY- ) Associated Press (Yahoo! News), December 19, 2005.
· "Bush vows more eavesdropping," (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051219/ts_nm/bush_security1_dc;_ylt=Ap1ou2ksw9pF9I5Evvcv5UiGOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4b3FrcXQ0BHNlYwMxNjkz ) Reuters (Yahoo! News), December 19, 2005.
· "Bush defends phone-tapping policy," (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4542880.stm) BBC, December 19, 2005.
· "Bush faces growing storm over secret wire taps," (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051219/ts_afp/usattacksbushintelligence_051219063805 ) Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News), December 19, 2005.
· "An Impeachable Offense? Bush Admits Authorizing NSA to Eavesdrop on Americans Without Court Approval," (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/19/1515212 ) Democracy Now!, December 19, 2005.
· David Sirota, "Bush's 'Need for Speed' Argument Runs Into the Truth," (http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1219-33.htm ) The Huffington Post (Common Dreams), December 19, 2005.
· Gail Russell Chaddock, "Congress pushes back, hard, against Bush. Blindsided by news of domestic spying, it is holding up a key bill," (http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1219/p01s01-uspo.htm) Christian Science Monitor, December 19, 2005.
· Sam Rosenfeld, "Laws and Lawlessness," (http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2005/12/index.html#008678 ) TAPPED, December 19, 2005.
· Ezra Klein, "One Question," (http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2005/12/index.html#008673 ) TAPPED, December 19, 2005.
· John Aravosis, "Did Bush domestic spy program eavesdrop on American journalists?" (http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/12/did-bush-domestic-spy-program.html) AMERICAblog, December 19, 2005.
· Fred Barbash and Peter Baker, "Bush Defends Eavesdropping Program. Congress 'Authorized' Domestic Surveillance in Iraq War Resolution, Says President, Attorney General," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121900211.html) Washington Post, December 19, 2005 (3:57 P.M. EST).
· "No President Is Above the Law," (http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1219-35.htm ) by US Senator Robert C. Byrd, Floor Speech, December 19, 2005 (Common Dreams).
· "Missteps in the war on terror," (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0512190111dec19,0,6699370.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed ) Chicago Tribune, December 19, 2005.
· "Alan Dershowitz: Bush broke the law," (http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/12/19.html#a6391) Crooks and Liars, December 19, 2005. "Appearing on the Situation Room, Alan slammed King George over the wiretapping scandal." WMP and QT video links on page.
· "King George's federal crime," (http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/12/19.html#a6390) Crooks and Liars, December 19, 2005. "Jonathan Turley-on the Factor said that President Bush's spying operation is based on a federal crime." No QT or WMP links as of December 20, 2005, but to come.
· Tom Tomorrow, "Wow," (http://thismodernworld.com/2568 ) This Modern World, December 19, 2005. "Fox’s in-house legal expert, Judge Andrew Napolitano, has strayed off the reservation."
· Jonathan Alter, "Bush’s Snoopgate. The president was so desperate to kill The New York Times’ eavesdropping story, he summoned the paper’s editor and publisher to the Oval Office. But it wasn’t just out of concern about national security," (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10536559/site/newsweek/ ) Newsweek (MSNBC), December 19, 2005 (6:17 P.M. EST). Also see Will Bunch, "'All the news that's fit to print' -- except when it's about us," (http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002583.html) Attytood, December 19, 2005.
· John Aravosis, "Bush lied during his press conference when he said Congress had approved his domestic spying program," (http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/12/bush-lied-during-his-press-conference.html) AMERICAblog, December 19, 2005 (6:29 P.M. EST). Link to handwritten letter (http://americablog.blogspot.com/Intell1.pdf) from Senator Jay Rockefeller to VP Dick Cheney "expressing his concern about the secret domestic spying program."
· "Boxer Asks Presidential Scholars About Former White House Counsel's Statement that Bush Admitted to an 'Impeachable Offense'," (http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=249975 ) Senator Barbara Boxer's official Senate website, December 19, 2005.
· Judd Legum, Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney, Amanda Terkel and Payson Schwin, "The Truth About Bush's Warrantless Spying," (http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/apps/nl/newsletter2.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=917053#3 ) The Progress Report, December 19, 2005.
· Eric Lichtblau and David E. Sanger, "Administration Cites War Vote in Spying Case," (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/politics/20spy.html) New York Times, December 20, 2005.
· Peter Baker and Charles Babington, "Bush Addresses Uproar Over Spying. 'This Is a Different Era, a Different War,' He Says as Some Lawmakers Seek Probe," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121900211.html) Washington Post, December 20, 2005.
· George F. Will, "Why Didn't He Ask Congress?" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121900975.html) Washington Post, December 20, 2005.
· James Rainey, "Critics Question Timing of Surveillance Story. The New York Times, which knew about the secret wiretaps for more than a year, published because of a reporter's new book, sources say," (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...0dec20,0,7619720.story?coll=la-home-headlines) Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2005.
· William A. Arkin, "Inside NSA's World," (http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2005/12/inside_nsas_wor.html) Washington Post, December 20, 2005.
· "Congressman calls for Bush impeachment," (http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=69123 ) Associated Press (Access NorthGa), December 20, 2005.
· Doug Ireland, "A Time to Impeach," (http://www.alternet.org/story/29826/) AlterNet, December 20, 2005.
· Dori Meinert, "Democrats assail wiretaps," (http://www.pjstar.com/stories/122005/REG_B8F6VK2M.060.shtml ) Copley News Service (PJStar.com), December 20, 2005.
· "Bush in 2004: We're 'Getting Court Orders' and 'Value the Constitution.' Did He Know He Was Lying?" (http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/05/12/ana05055.html) BuzzFlash, December 20, 2005.
· Press Release: "Pelosi Requests Declassification of Her Letter on NSA Activities" (http://www.democraticleader.house.gov/press/releases.cfm?pressReleaseID=1339): "House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on her request to the Director of National Intelligence to declassify a letter she wrote several years ago to the Bush Administration expressing concerns about the activities of the National Security Agency." Posted on Rep. Pelosi's official website, December 20, 2005.
· Bruce Fein, ". . . unlimited?" (http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/bfein.htm ) Washington Times, December 20, 2005.
· Faiz Shakir, "Conservative Scholars Argue Bush’s Wiretapping Is An Impeachable Offense," (http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/20/conservative-scholars-argue-bush%e2%80%99s-wiretapping-is-an-impeachable-offense/) Think Progress, December 20, 2005.
· "The Emerging Story Behind the Wiretap Scandal," (http://www.thedailybackground.com/2005/12/20/the-emerging-story-behind-the-wiretap-scandal/ ) The Daily Background, December 20, 2005. FISA timeline.
· Chuck Dupree, "FISA, Data Mining, and Total Information Awareness," (http://badattitudes.com/MT/archives/003475.html) Bad Attitudes, December 20, 2005: "All of which would only be possible if the plans for Total Information Awareness had been carried through. ... And of course you’ve read Sen. Rockefeller’s [July 17, 2003,] letter (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/rock-cheney1.html ) [posted at Josh Marshall's Talking Points], which points in that direction as well…"
· Carol D. Leonnig and Dafna Linzer, "Spy Court Judge Quits In Protest. Jurist Concerned Bush Order Tainted Work of Secret Panel," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122000685.html ) Washington Post, December 21, 2005.
· Peter Baker and Jim VandeHei, "Clash Is Latest Chapter in Bush Effort to Widen Executive Power," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122001858.html?nav=hcmodule) Washington Post, December 21, 2005.
· James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, "Purely domestic calls were intercepted. Secret surveillance program apparently broke its own rules," (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/politics/21nsa.html?pagewanted=print) New York Times (San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/21/MNGQ6GB5LM1.DTL&feed=rss.news)), December 21, 2005.
· Howard Fineman, "Spying, the Constitution — and the 'I-word'. 2006 will offer up Nixon-era nastiness and a chorus of calls to impeach Bush," (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10561966/) MSNBC, December 21, 2005.
· Molly Ivins, "So 9/11 Means it's OK to Spy on Americans?" (http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1221-26.htm ) Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado) (Common Dreams), December 21, 2005.
· Josh Meyer, "Officials Fault Case Bush Cited. Internal breakdowns, not shortcomings in spy laws, were at play before Sept. 11, they say," (http://www.latimes.com/news/printed...1,1,6843643.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage) Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2005.
· Maureen Dowd, "The Squires of Surveillance," (http://www.topplebush.com/oped2405.shtml ) New York Times (topplebush.com), December 21, 2005.
· Robert Koehler, "Fear of the Devil," (http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_robert_k_051221_fear_of_the_devil.htm ) Tribune Media Service (OpEdNews), December 21, 2005.
· John Atcheson, "The Real Story Behind Snoopgate," (http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1222-32.htm ) Common Dreams, December 22, 2005.
· "Congress said no on war powers: Daschle," (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-12-23T095714Z_01_ROB325760_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-EAVESDROPPING.xml) Reuters, December 23, 2005: Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle "said in Friday's edition of The Washington Post [that] the [post-9/11] resolution did not grant President Bush authority to order warrantless spying on Americans suspected of terrorist ties. Daschle said warrantless wiretaps of Americans never came up in the negotiations."
· "US high court nominee urged eavesdropping immunity," (http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-12-24T044309Z_01_KRA416957_RTRUKOC_0_US-COURT-ALITO.xml) Reuters, December 23, 2005.
· Tom Brune, "Alito’s view on wiretaps. Memo he wrote in ’84 reveals he backed official who ordered warrantless wiretap of group in 1970," (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...0382.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines) Newsday, December 23, 2005.
· David G. Savage and Richard A. Serrano, "Alito Backed Immunity for Wiretapping," (http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-alito24dec24,1,7614906.story?coll=la-headlines-politics ) Los Angeles Times, December 24, 2005: "Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito, Jr. said in a 1984 memo that he believed the president's top lawyer should be shielded from being sued for approving illegal, warrantless wiretaps on the grounds of national security, an issue that has flared anew and could complicate his Senate confirmation next month."
· Charlie Savage, "Alito backed immunity in wiretap case," (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/w.../12/24/alito_backed_immunity_in_wiretap_case/) Boston Globe, December 24, 2005.
· Edward Epstein, "Bush to face tough questions over Patriot Act, spy orders," (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/24/MNGBOGD4FF1.DTL) San Francisco Chronicle, December 24, 2005.
· Tim Rutten, "Regarding Media. Paranoia on the left and the right," (http://www.calendarlive.com/columnists/rutten/cl-et-rutten24dec24,0,1478815.column?coll=cl-calendar ) CalendarLive.com, December 24, 2005: "WHEN George W. Bush promised that his administration would promote faith-based initiatives, who would have guessed that one of them would involve asserting the divine right of presidents? ... Well, now we know."
· Gabriel Sherman, "Why Times Ran Wiretap Story, Defying Bush," (http://www.observer.com/printpage.asp?iid=12123&ic=Off+the+Record ) New York Observer, December 26, 2005 (issue).
· "Powell Supports Government Eavesdropping," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/25/AR2005122500280.html ) Associated Press (Washington Post), December 26, 2005.
· "Powell Backs Bush on Domestic Spying," (http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-12-26-voa8.cfm ) Voice of America, December 26, 2005.
· Sydney H. Schanberg, "Checks and No Balance. The story is Bush's spying, not the story's messenger," (http://villagevoice.com/news/0552,schanberg,71325,6.html ) Village Voice, December 27, 2005.
· Gal Beckerman, "The Times and the Post Go Silent On Us," (http://www.cjrdaily.org/behind_the_news/the_times_and_the_post_go_sile.php) CJR Daily, December 27, 2005.
· Joe Strupp, "Some Veteran Journalists Say Times And Post Should Have Disclosed Meeting with Bush on Controversial Stories," (http://editorandpublisher.printthis...ay.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001738089&partnerID=60) Editor & Publisher, December 27, 2005.
· "Secret surveillance up sharply since 9/11," (http://today.reuters.com/PrinterFri...25760_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-EAVESDROPPING.xml) Reuters, December 28, 2005.
· Eric Lichtblau and James Risen, "Defense Lawyers in Terror Cases Plan Challenges Over Spy Efforts," (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/28/politics/28legal.html?pagewanted=print) New York Times, December 28, 2005.
· Anick Jesdanun, "NSA Web site puts 'cookies' on computers," (http://www.businessweek.com/ap/tech/D8EPN03G2.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down&chan=tc ) Associated Press (BusinessWeek), December 29, 2005.
· Jon Van, "Phone giants mum on spying. In past, industry has cooperated with U.S.," (http://www.nynewsday.com/news/natio...rint.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines) New York Newsday, December 29, 2005.
· Dana Priest, "Covert CIA Program Withstands New Furor. Anti-Terror Effort Continues to Grow," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901585_pf.html) Washington Post, December 30, 2005.
There should be something here for everyone.
· Press Briefing by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and General Michael Hayden, Principal Deputy Director for National Intelligence (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051219-1.html) , James S. Brady Briefing Room, December 19, 2005 (8:30 A.M. EST). re Alberto R. Gonzales and Michael V. Hayden.
· georgia10, "Gonzales: Congress Gave President The Authority To Spy On Americans," (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/12/19/9649/0429) Daily Kos, December 19, 2005.
· Pauline Jelinek, "Gonzales Says Congress Authorized Spying," (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/domestic_spying ) Associated Press (Yahoo! News), December 19, 2005 (10:15 A.M. EST).
· George W. Bush, News Release: Press Conference of the President (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/print/20051219-2.html) , White House East Room, December 19, 2005 (10:32 A.M. EST).
· "Bush says leaking spy program a 'shameful act'. President vows to continue domestic eavesdropping," (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10530417/) NBC News, December 19, 2005.
· Terence Hunt, "Bush Says NSA Surveillance Necessary, Legal," (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush;_ylt=AmSFvZW2OzZZmC4Shu37rG2GOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY- ) Associated Press (Yahoo! News), December 19, 2005.
· "Bush vows more eavesdropping," (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051219/ts_nm/bush_security1_dc;_ylt=Ap1ou2ksw9pF9I5Evvcv5UiGOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4b3FrcXQ0BHNlYwMxNjkz ) Reuters (Yahoo! News), December 19, 2005.
· "Bush defends phone-tapping policy," (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4542880.stm) BBC, December 19, 2005.
· "Bush faces growing storm over secret wire taps," (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051219/ts_afp/usattacksbushintelligence_051219063805 ) Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News), December 19, 2005.
· "An Impeachable Offense? Bush Admits Authorizing NSA to Eavesdrop on Americans Without Court Approval," (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/19/1515212 ) Democracy Now!, December 19, 2005.
· David Sirota, "Bush's 'Need for Speed' Argument Runs Into the Truth," (http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1219-33.htm ) The Huffington Post (Common Dreams), December 19, 2005.
· Gail Russell Chaddock, "Congress pushes back, hard, against Bush. Blindsided by news of domestic spying, it is holding up a key bill," (http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1219/p01s01-uspo.htm) Christian Science Monitor, December 19, 2005.
· Sam Rosenfeld, "Laws and Lawlessness," (http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2005/12/index.html#008678 ) TAPPED, December 19, 2005.
· Ezra Klein, "One Question," (http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2005/12/index.html#008673 ) TAPPED, December 19, 2005.
· John Aravosis, "Did Bush domestic spy program eavesdrop on American journalists?" (http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/12/did-bush-domestic-spy-program.html) AMERICAblog, December 19, 2005.
· Fred Barbash and Peter Baker, "Bush Defends Eavesdropping Program. Congress 'Authorized' Domestic Surveillance in Iraq War Resolution, Says President, Attorney General," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121900211.html) Washington Post, December 19, 2005 (3:57 P.M. EST).
· "No President Is Above the Law," (http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1219-35.htm ) by US Senator Robert C. Byrd, Floor Speech, December 19, 2005 (Common Dreams).
· "Missteps in the war on terror," (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0512190111dec19,0,6699370.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed ) Chicago Tribune, December 19, 2005.
· "Alan Dershowitz: Bush broke the law," (http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/12/19.html#a6391) Crooks and Liars, December 19, 2005. "Appearing on the Situation Room, Alan slammed King George over the wiretapping scandal." WMP and QT video links on page.
· "King George's federal crime," (http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/12/19.html#a6390) Crooks and Liars, December 19, 2005. "Jonathan Turley-on the Factor said that President Bush's spying operation is based on a federal crime." No QT or WMP links as of December 20, 2005, but to come.
· Tom Tomorrow, "Wow," (http://thismodernworld.com/2568 ) This Modern World, December 19, 2005. "Fox’s in-house legal expert, Judge Andrew Napolitano, has strayed off the reservation."
· Jonathan Alter, "Bush’s Snoopgate. The president was so desperate to kill The New York Times’ eavesdropping story, he summoned the paper’s editor and publisher to the Oval Office. But it wasn’t just out of concern about national security," (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10536559/site/newsweek/ ) Newsweek (MSNBC), December 19, 2005 (6:17 P.M. EST). Also see Will Bunch, "'All the news that's fit to print' -- except when it's about us," (http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002583.html) Attytood, December 19, 2005.
· John Aravosis, "Bush lied during his press conference when he said Congress had approved his domestic spying program," (http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/12/bush-lied-during-his-press-conference.html) AMERICAblog, December 19, 2005 (6:29 P.M. EST). Link to handwritten letter (http://americablog.blogspot.com/Intell1.pdf) from Senator Jay Rockefeller to VP Dick Cheney "expressing his concern about the secret domestic spying program."
· "Boxer Asks Presidential Scholars About Former White House Counsel's Statement that Bush Admitted to an 'Impeachable Offense'," (http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=249975 ) Senator Barbara Boxer's official Senate website, December 19, 2005.
· Judd Legum, Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney, Amanda Terkel and Payson Schwin, "The Truth About Bush's Warrantless Spying," (http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/apps/nl/newsletter2.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=917053#3 ) The Progress Report, December 19, 2005.
· Eric Lichtblau and David E. Sanger, "Administration Cites War Vote in Spying Case," (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/politics/20spy.html) New York Times, December 20, 2005.
· Peter Baker and Charles Babington, "Bush Addresses Uproar Over Spying. 'This Is a Different Era, a Different War,' He Says as Some Lawmakers Seek Probe," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121900211.html) Washington Post, December 20, 2005.
· George F. Will, "Why Didn't He Ask Congress?" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121900975.html) Washington Post, December 20, 2005.
· James Rainey, "Critics Question Timing of Surveillance Story. The New York Times, which knew about the secret wiretaps for more than a year, published because of a reporter's new book, sources say," (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...0dec20,0,7619720.story?coll=la-home-headlines) Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2005.
· William A. Arkin, "Inside NSA's World," (http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2005/12/inside_nsas_wor.html) Washington Post, December 20, 2005.
· "Congressman calls for Bush impeachment," (http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=69123 ) Associated Press (Access NorthGa), December 20, 2005.
· Doug Ireland, "A Time to Impeach," (http://www.alternet.org/story/29826/) AlterNet, December 20, 2005.
· Dori Meinert, "Democrats assail wiretaps," (http://www.pjstar.com/stories/122005/REG_B8F6VK2M.060.shtml ) Copley News Service (PJStar.com), December 20, 2005.
· "Bush in 2004: We're 'Getting Court Orders' and 'Value the Constitution.' Did He Know He Was Lying?" (http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/05/12/ana05055.html) BuzzFlash, December 20, 2005.
· Press Release: "Pelosi Requests Declassification of Her Letter on NSA Activities" (http://www.democraticleader.house.gov/press/releases.cfm?pressReleaseID=1339): "House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on her request to the Director of National Intelligence to declassify a letter she wrote several years ago to the Bush Administration expressing concerns about the activities of the National Security Agency." Posted on Rep. Pelosi's official website, December 20, 2005.
· Bruce Fein, ". . . unlimited?" (http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/bfein.htm ) Washington Times, December 20, 2005.
· Faiz Shakir, "Conservative Scholars Argue Bush’s Wiretapping Is An Impeachable Offense," (http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/20/conservative-scholars-argue-bush%e2%80%99s-wiretapping-is-an-impeachable-offense/) Think Progress, December 20, 2005.
· "The Emerging Story Behind the Wiretap Scandal," (http://www.thedailybackground.com/2005/12/20/the-emerging-story-behind-the-wiretap-scandal/ ) The Daily Background, December 20, 2005. FISA timeline.
· Chuck Dupree, "FISA, Data Mining, and Total Information Awareness," (http://badattitudes.com/MT/archives/003475.html) Bad Attitudes, December 20, 2005: "All of which would only be possible if the plans for Total Information Awareness had been carried through. ... And of course you’ve read Sen. Rockefeller’s [July 17, 2003,] letter (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/rock-cheney1.html ) [posted at Josh Marshall's Talking Points], which points in that direction as well…"
· Carol D. Leonnig and Dafna Linzer, "Spy Court Judge Quits In Protest. Jurist Concerned Bush Order Tainted Work of Secret Panel," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122000685.html ) Washington Post, December 21, 2005.
· Peter Baker and Jim VandeHei, "Clash Is Latest Chapter in Bush Effort to Widen Executive Power," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122001858.html?nav=hcmodule) Washington Post, December 21, 2005.
· James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, "Purely domestic calls were intercepted. Secret surveillance program apparently broke its own rules," (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/politics/21nsa.html?pagewanted=print) New York Times (San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/21/MNGQ6GB5LM1.DTL&feed=rss.news)), December 21, 2005.
· Howard Fineman, "Spying, the Constitution — and the 'I-word'. 2006 will offer up Nixon-era nastiness and a chorus of calls to impeach Bush," (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10561966/) MSNBC, December 21, 2005.
· Molly Ivins, "So 9/11 Means it's OK to Spy on Americans?" (http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1221-26.htm ) Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado) (Common Dreams), December 21, 2005.
· Josh Meyer, "Officials Fault Case Bush Cited. Internal breakdowns, not shortcomings in spy laws, were at play before Sept. 11, they say," (http://www.latimes.com/news/printed...1,1,6843643.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage) Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2005.
· Maureen Dowd, "The Squires of Surveillance," (http://www.topplebush.com/oped2405.shtml ) New York Times (topplebush.com), December 21, 2005.
· Robert Koehler, "Fear of the Devil," (http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_robert_k_051221_fear_of_the_devil.htm ) Tribune Media Service (OpEdNews), December 21, 2005.
· John Atcheson, "The Real Story Behind Snoopgate," (http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1222-32.htm ) Common Dreams, December 22, 2005.
· "Congress said no on war powers: Daschle," (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-12-23T095714Z_01_ROB325760_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-EAVESDROPPING.xml) Reuters, December 23, 2005: Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle "said in Friday's edition of The Washington Post [that] the [post-9/11] resolution did not grant President Bush authority to order warrantless spying on Americans suspected of terrorist ties. Daschle said warrantless wiretaps of Americans never came up in the negotiations."
· "US high court nominee urged eavesdropping immunity," (http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-12-24T044309Z_01_KRA416957_RTRUKOC_0_US-COURT-ALITO.xml) Reuters, December 23, 2005.
· Tom Brune, "Alito’s view on wiretaps. Memo he wrote in ’84 reveals he backed official who ordered warrantless wiretap of group in 1970," (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...0382.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines) Newsday, December 23, 2005.
· David G. Savage and Richard A. Serrano, "Alito Backed Immunity for Wiretapping," (http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-alito24dec24,1,7614906.story?coll=la-headlines-politics ) Los Angeles Times, December 24, 2005: "Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito, Jr. said in a 1984 memo that he believed the president's top lawyer should be shielded from being sued for approving illegal, warrantless wiretaps on the grounds of national security, an issue that has flared anew and could complicate his Senate confirmation next month."
· Charlie Savage, "Alito backed immunity in wiretap case," (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/w.../12/24/alito_backed_immunity_in_wiretap_case/) Boston Globe, December 24, 2005.
· Edward Epstein, "Bush to face tough questions over Patriot Act, spy orders," (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/24/MNGBOGD4FF1.DTL) San Francisco Chronicle, December 24, 2005.
· Tim Rutten, "Regarding Media. Paranoia on the left and the right," (http://www.calendarlive.com/columnists/rutten/cl-et-rutten24dec24,0,1478815.column?coll=cl-calendar ) CalendarLive.com, December 24, 2005: "WHEN George W. Bush promised that his administration would promote faith-based initiatives, who would have guessed that one of them would involve asserting the divine right of presidents? ... Well, now we know."
· Gabriel Sherman, "Why Times Ran Wiretap Story, Defying Bush," (http://www.observer.com/printpage.asp?iid=12123&ic=Off+the+Record ) New York Observer, December 26, 2005 (issue).
· "Powell Supports Government Eavesdropping," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/25/AR2005122500280.html ) Associated Press (Washington Post), December 26, 2005.
· "Powell Backs Bush on Domestic Spying," (http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-12-26-voa8.cfm ) Voice of America, December 26, 2005.
· Sydney H. Schanberg, "Checks and No Balance. The story is Bush's spying, not the story's messenger," (http://villagevoice.com/news/0552,schanberg,71325,6.html ) Village Voice, December 27, 2005.
· Gal Beckerman, "The Times and the Post Go Silent On Us," (http://www.cjrdaily.org/behind_the_news/the_times_and_the_post_go_sile.php) CJR Daily, December 27, 2005.
· Joe Strupp, "Some Veteran Journalists Say Times And Post Should Have Disclosed Meeting with Bush on Controversial Stories," (http://editorandpublisher.printthis...ay.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001738089&partnerID=60) Editor & Publisher, December 27, 2005.
· "Secret surveillance up sharply since 9/11," (http://today.reuters.com/PrinterFri...25760_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-EAVESDROPPING.xml) Reuters, December 28, 2005.
· Eric Lichtblau and James Risen, "Defense Lawyers in Terror Cases Plan Challenges Over Spy Efforts," (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/28/politics/28legal.html?pagewanted=print) New York Times, December 28, 2005.
· Anick Jesdanun, "NSA Web site puts 'cookies' on computers," (http://www.businessweek.com/ap/tech/D8EPN03G2.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down&chan=tc ) Associated Press (BusinessWeek), December 29, 2005.
· Jon Van, "Phone giants mum on spying. In past, industry has cooperated with U.S.," (http://www.nynewsday.com/news/natio...rint.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines) New York Newsday, December 29, 2005.
· Dana Priest, "Covert CIA Program Withstands New Furor. Anti-Terror Effort Continues to Grow," (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901585_pf.html) Washington Post, December 30, 2005.
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