By Brent Battle

In Wednesday’s O’Colly, an OSU alumnus urged the American populace demand for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

Greg Palast, internationally syndicated journalist, reports the 2000 and 2004 elections were manipulated in Bush’s favor. His research can be read at his Web site.

This administration’s controversial efforts are to fight terrorism, they claim.

The Boston Globe reported in April: “Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.” This 3,600-word article is available online also.

Two issues, the once-secret National Security Agency database and U.S. torture, outshine most others.

The New York Times reported in December the president created a “terrorist surveillance program,” and USA Today reported in May the database collecting information is the world’s largest of any kind.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act established a court to oversee all U.S. government wiretaps.

The wiretap program Bush enacted in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks uses “reasonable grounds,” not “probable cause” — the precedent set by the Fourth Amendment. The Bush administration argues it does not need Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s oversight.

Read more at the OSU Daily O’ Collegian 

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