Subject: More on the lack of checks and Balances: LARRY, WE MUST STOP THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WIRETAPPING BILL IN CONGRESS, EVEN IF IT MEANS A FILIBUSTER; Bush has threatened to veto any wiretapping bill that provides for ANY judicial oversight. That is precisely why oversight is such an absolute necessity. Once again the Bush Administration is attempting to avoid the law and court decisions by having their stooges in Congress offer a new bill retroactively legalizing all the illegal Bush actions to date. Once again, Bush has said, and it's written in to this bill, that he will be able to AGAIN avoid court review of his actions. This is about the Administration backed 'Specter' Bill supposedly a 'compromise' but in actuality giving Bush everything he wanted: essentially a free hand to do as he wishes. Two other bills are on the floor of the Senate, one offered by Rebel Republicans and one offered jointly by Senator Specter, whose original bill was hijacked and carries his name, and Senator Feinstein of California. We want the Feinstein Bill to pass . . . but more importantly we want the Administration Bill NOT to pass. We must stand up and fight to a finish to block this bill. We cannot let this original Administration backed 'Specter' bill pass. Some of our most basic freedoms are at stake. This Administration thinks nothing of ignoring our Constitution. They must be stopped. Pen

RESPONSE: The essence of our government is the three branchs of government act as a check on one another. Bush has repeatedly held that as Commander and Chief he is beyond both Congressional and Judicial oversight. That is the essence of a dictatorship and it looks like he has the Republican votes to allow him to listen in on phone calls without either probable cause or judicial review. This needs to be killed by a filibuster by the too often cowardly Democrats...who are afraid of being called unpatriotic in our war effort...shame on them if they let this one pass.