Barron's gets out the shackles via The Big Picture: "I normally steer clear of politics (except when it relates to science and technology). But I had
December 23, 2005

Barron's gets out the shackles

via The Big Picture: "I normally steer clear of politics (except when it relates to science and technology). But I had to sit up and take notice this morning, when I saw the normally conservative-leaning financial weekly Barron's calls for an investigation into the Bush administration's use of domestic surveillance as a possible impeachable offense:

"AS THE YEAR WAS DRAWING TO A CLOSE, we picked up our New York Times and learned that the Bush administration has been fighting terrorism by intercepting communications in America without warrants. It was worrisome on its face, but in justifying their actions, officials have made a bad situation much worse: Administration lawyers and the president himself have tortured the Constitution and extracted a suspension of the separation of powers ....read on"

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