So every piece of classified information in the Federal Government is classified because it has to do with Bush breaking the law?

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I don't beleive anyone said that every peice was of that description, but some certainly are not because he was breaking the law, but because some of the laws he is breaking come under that catogory.

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Why is this critical of the Bush Admin? It is Congress that is the problem. They are not doing their duty, then they complain abotu why they cant do it, but they do nothing to make it so they can do it. Perhaps youve heard that congress can go into a closed session such that what they say wont be made public. Why dont they do that? Answer is politics. They dont care about whats in the bill, but how it makes Bush look.

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Well, it is rather disheartening that no one has seen the true Bush agenda in effectively silencing criticism or not allowing Congressmembers to raise concerns about the lawfullness of programs.
Bush is using Congress as his personal attorneys - using some warped attorney-client privilege, or as priests - not able to reveal confessionals.

If I were in Congress and called in to a briefing with this Administration, I would be hesitant to attend. I have no doubt that many bombshells were dropped in these briefings, bombshells totally unrelated to the stated, expected topic of said briefing(s).
But once a program is mentioned, even during a sneak-attack, that triggers a gag on those in attendance. The official conducting the brief has his list of attendees and knows who is no longer able to raise objections. And he also knows who remains to send invites out to.
If the Admin pulled that shit on me as a Congressman, I would definitely give others a heads-up as to what to expect and for them to weigh heavily whether to accept any invitations or even to talk to certain individuals. There is the chance that the ( classified ) topic will accidentally be mentioned, and then having the culprit admit that the subject should not have been brought up and that he expects the information to be held to the same standards as if it were divulged in an official capacity. Oh, and before he lets you walk away, he must mention the ramifications if this info is shared with others. Quite the underhanded way to quash critical, necessary open discussion of legally questionable programs.
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The last time Democrats forced the Senate into closed session, the Republicans screamed bloody murder.
If you recall, that was an attempt to force Senator Roberts to cease obstruction, do his f ' ing job, stop shielding Bush from his dubious twisting ( cherry-picking ) of pre-war intelligence, and release Phase II of the Intel Report.
That was a long time ago, and yet we still wait while he still drags his heels.
I guess that the elections will loosen Roberts' grip.

It's starting to get pretty obvious that many politicians secretly hate America.

Thats rediculous. We have a 3 branch system, which each branch having equal power under the law. Congress was chosen by the people, as was the president, and they have chosen how they want to act. If anyone is doing anything illegal, then the courts will have their say. So far they have rules in Bush's favor. Bush has no more power than we or congress gives him, so stop wining that its all Bushs fault, and convince your friends to put John Kerry, vietnam vet, in office you dont like it. Or leave the country. Our system works just fine, you just dont like that it happens to disagree with you.

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But that is the logic he is using. Nobody knows what was in that legislation because it was classified. Thematic is making an assumption that because it is classified it points to Bush breaking the law. There is absolutely no evidence or fact behind his statements whatsoever. He is just creating a conspiracy theory.

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Your first statment is not true at all. Select congress members chosen by congressional rules have full access to classified information. They choose not to review it.

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millions of people read classified info everyday. It's not hard to keep it a secret. Those that tell secrets are doing it for financial gain.

I'm not sure how much the house and the senate needs to know. I want to say that at least several of them should be briefed on a majority of sensative information. But they also seem to be the most corrupt and easy to compromise. The majority are not use to handling classified info like the people that gather it are. Most people that work in intel tend to have a "Hmmm, I'm not sure if this is classified or not, so I won't say anything just in case." attitude. Where it seems that politicians have the exact opposite attitude.

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