Bush: No warrant? No problem, go ahead and open that mail anyway.

[dog428]

I really can't believe this hasn't been posted somewhere by now, but I searched through several pages and didn't see it. So maybe it slipped through.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003508676_mail04.html

WASHINGTON — President Bush quietly has claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant.

Bush asherted the new authority Dec. 20 after signing legislation that overhauls some postal regulations. He then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open mail under emergency conditions, contrary to existing law and contradicting the bill he had just signed, according to experts who have reviewed it.

Piece of advice for everyone: If you're served with a warrant for anything in the coming weeks, hold on to it. Apparently, the warrant is quickly becoming an outdated, rarely needed piece of law enforcement. It's sure to be a collector's item soon.

 

[Angola!]

I really can't believe this hasn't been posted somewhere by now, but I searched through several pages and didn't see it. So maybe it slipped through.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003508676_mail04.html

WASHINGTON — President Bush quietly has claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant.

Bush asherted the new authority Dec. 20 after signing legislation that overhauls some postal regulations. He then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open mail under emergency conditions, contrary to existing law and contradicting the bill he had just signed, according to experts who have reviewed it.

Piece of advice for everyone: If you're served with a warrant for anything in the coming weeks, hold on to it. Apparently, the warrant is quickly becoming an outdated, rarely needed piece of law enforcement. It's sure to be a collector's item soon.

Maybe it was George W. that stole my XBox.

 

[Oz]

Bush got mail ... YOURS!

 

[sportschick]

I think he stole the Christmas present I sent Doc and Spup. darn him!

 

[Chi City 81]

I think he stole the Christmas present I sent Doc and Spup. darn him!

No sense questioning the Biggest forking Hero in the World. *hint, hint

 

[sportschick]

 

[Chi City 81]

YES! Thanks, sc.

 

[dog428]

I don't want to put a damper on the less serious responses, because I do enjoy them, but is this not rather damned depressing? I mean, the president of the US has just said that it's perfectly acceptable for government law enforcement to open our mail without first obtaining a warrant to do so.

To make it even worse, he used this shady-ash "signing statement" bullship to do so, and completely reversed the effects of the bill to which the signing statement was attached.

I'm sorry, but that's just unbelievably ... un-American.

 

[Angola!]

Since I was too lazy to read the story and it is late, my mind didn't connect that it was now legal for all law enforcement to read our mail.
When are people going to realize our country is quickly turning into 1984 and Big Brother and all the other doomsday books we all have read?

 

[sportschick]

I think the signing statements are bullship. If it's that important to him, veto the damned bill like a real man.

Does he think this will actually stand up in court?

 

[buckweaver]

We are at war with Eurasia. We have always been at war with Eurasia.

 

[DyePack]

Since I was too lazy to read the story and it is late, my mind didn't connect that it was now legal for all law enforcement to read our mail.
When are people going to realize our country is quickly turning into 1984 and Big Brother and all the other doomsday books we all have read?

http://www.wenalway.com/introduction/books.htm

Been up for some time.