Just another example of this admin subverting the rule of law. ~ Lo
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
NYTimes.com
October 24, 2008
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has informed Congress that it is bypassing a law intended to forbid political interference with reports to lawmakers by the Department of Homeland Security.
The August 2007 law requires the agency’s chief privacy officer to report each year about Homeland Security activities that affect privacy, and requires that the reports be submitted directly to Congress “without any prior comment or amendment” by superiors at the department or the White House.
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…Michael Chertoff, the homeland security secretary, later advised Congress that the administration would not “apply this provision strictly” because it infringed on the president’s powers.
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“This is a dictatorial, after-the-fact pronouncement by him in line with a lot of other cherry-picking he’s done on the signing statements,” Mr. Specter said in a telephone interview.
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h/t: CLG
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see
The End of America (full video; Naomi Wolf)
Naomi Wolf: Standing up to the Constitution
Naomi Wolf: Give Me Liberty – A coup has taken place! (must-see video)
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