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Townhall.com::Hugh Hewit::Hillary Voted Against The Reform Of The FISA

I bring up Senator Clinton's recent vote against FISA reform because German authorities today arrested three would-be terrorists:

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It is Hillary's position that surveillance of the communications of these three with cooperating cells recently moved into the United States ought to require a warrant.

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If Hillary wins the presidency, her Adminstration (sic) will be populated with people hostile to the aggressive suppression of the terrorist threat via legal means like the surveillance techniques permitted by the reformed FISA and the traditional exercise of the presidnet's (sic) Article II authority to conduct war.


Oh so very close Hugh. Let me take a swipe at rewording that last paragraph for you - this time with appropriate spelling and capitalization.

If Hillary wins the presidency, her administration will be populated with people hostile to the aggressive suppression of the terrorist threatwarrantless wiretapping of American citizens via legal means like the surveillance techniques permitted by the reformed FISAand will likely work to reconstruct the court's role in presenting the American people with the oversight necessary to respect the fourth amendment and will hopefully return the theories of executive powers to the traditional exercise of the president's (sic) Article II authority to conduct war responsibly, instead of theorizing that endless war endows the president with inherent Commander-in-Chief powers that lift the office above all oversight, checks, and balances.

Regardless, thanks to Hugh Hewitt for reminding me that someone out there has a "hostile" view of the unitary executive theory, and will engage in "aggressive suppression" of governmental engagement in further warrantless wiretapping.

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