Obama Sides With Bush in Spy Case

The Obama administration fell in line with the Bush administration Thursday when it urged a federal judge to set aside a ruling in a closely watched spy case weighing whether a U.S. president may bypass Congress and eavesdrop on Americans without warrants.
In a Thursday filing in San Francisco federal court, President Barack Obama adopted the same position as his predacessor. With just hours left in office, President George W. Bush late Monday asked U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker to stay enforcement of an important Jan. 5 ruling admitting key evidence into the case.

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[ChristianEcon.com]

Meet the new boss....

That Townshend was one wise m... , even as a youthful songwriter.

[KaLaPa111]

This is extremely disturbing. WTF is he thinking??? I hope he doesn't think that the American people are so jaded that we'd sit by and let him trample on the Constitution like his predecessor, mandate or not.

On another note LMMFAO @ all the still sore right-wing losers just ready to jump on anything he does ("He fumbled the words of the oath?! Off with his head!!"). All this dissent is so .... unpatriotic. :-D

[DeanInc]

i think they will........this guys a fra ud......

[elimenez]

Obama's smooth, I had completely forgotten he voted for the FISA bill.

[Nightstorm]

WHY IS THIS NOT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE POST??? WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE KEEP HIM HONEST.

[AndThenOneDay]

Which Post is that - Huff, Wash, NY ??

[ImpalaSuperSport]

One of the things libs wanted to IMPEACH Bush for was domestic spying. Obama is now siding with Bush on this issue. Guess what libs, from the looks of this Obama may NOT investigate Bush. Change we can believe in huh?

[Opt1musPr1me]

Obama is smart. Though many of you will disagree, many of the things George Bush put in place will help Obama in keeping the country safe. He cannot simply end the war on Terror because the terrorists won't end their war against America. Cheney said it. He said Obama will come to realize that many of the steps they took to protect the country will need to be left in place because of the current times we live in. Obama should be careful about certain decisions he has made like closing Guantanamo. I am sure he thought about it and looked and the pros and cons of it all but we live in a time where the President will and should do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. Even if it means domestic spying. This program should remain in place, but should not target Journalists or regular citizens.

[leatherbunny]

that burns... but if you have nothing to hide then who cares?

[NoFactsJustTruth]

Just everyone seeking to preserve Constitutional Rule of Law, is all.

[NoFactsJustTruth]

Concern is in order when 2+2 'sometimes' equals 5.

[tjboyo]

Where is all that Left Wing moral outrage? Obama agrees with "the devil" on domestic spying? How could he do that!!

Perhaps things look slightly different when you're sitting "in the chair" than they do when you're critisizing the other guy who's sitiing in it.

In any event, given the lack of moral outrage in the comments on this article I think most of you must be mindless hipocrits.

[lobear00]

Push come to shove, Obama, is just as clueless, and mindless as the "dummy " that just left office, and the blessing that the american people will not have to put up with such a puppet. Obama instead of digging into the "Lies" told by the former, only chooses not too. So obama will linger with those of the bush regime. But to tjboyo, look in the mirrior!! you may see the correct wording.

[T Mason]

I am sure Obama has reveiwed the programs usefulness and results before making this decision.

[Carolab]

Obama has consistently said he is on the side of protecting our rights. Look at what ELSE happened today:

Obama Picks Critic of Warrantless Wiretapping for Slot at Justice Dept.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/obama-picks-critic-of-warrantless-wiretapping-for-slot-at-justice-dept/

[Kartoffel]

Half a year after the FISA flip-flop, and his groupies are still straining for a positive spin. At what point do you stop the denials and face the possibility that Obama is simply not philosphically all that far apart from the Bush administration when it comes to domestic spying?

[Carolab]

One would be wise to notice the article comes from "WIRED" magazine, and that the case concerns the telco immunity, not the NSA domestic spying program. For Obama's position on that, see the above link from the NYT that shows Obama has picked a critic of that program for the Justice Department.

[PhilipTaylor]

In ten years we will experience something far worse!

Politicians going unpunished sends a very bad message to future generations not to mention the message sent to our own children and other countries!

Politiicans "Fe_ar of punished" is our only defense against future Corruption!

[BlackYowe]

This is troubling but I will give Obama some time.

[clearthinker2008]

Would you elaborate on why you believe this is troubling?

[SouthPrairie]

Give it time. He has a lot on his plate right now. He does not need to rush.