Article Contributed on: 5/16/2007 10:29:33 AM
Yesterday's testimony by James Comey told a bizarre tale - almost impossible to believe. Top White House officials rushing to stricken Attorney General Ashcroft's bedside to strong-arm a signature, and Ashcroft's assistant and the FBI director dispatching their own muscle to stop them. How could this possibly be real? How could this possibly be how our nation's government operates?
But underneath this embarassing scene is something all the more astonishing. The top law enforcement officer in the country - John Ashcroft - refused to sign off that the president's domestic spying program was legal. His people - the justice department's top lawyers - said it was illegal. And knowing that - knowing that spying on US citizens without warrants was criminal - the president ordered it continued.
So: the President of the United States knowingly broke the law, hundreds if not thousands of times, and over several years. He continues to this day.
The big question: why is this man and his gang of criminals and incompetents still running this country? When are the Democrats - the so-called opposition - going to step up and do their jobs?