There was a terrific letter-to-the-editor in yesterday's
Marblehead Reporter (that's Massachusetts, and yes, the name is redundant) which asks:
Why, since legal experts say that Bush has committed a crime by wiretapping Americans, can't someone just go to a judge and ask for a warrant for his arrest?
Text of the letter after the break...
http://www2.townonline.com/...
THE MARBLEHEAD REPORTER
29 December 2005
Bush acted illegally
Did Bush commit a crime as defined by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)? The FISA established a secret intelligence court and made it a criminal offense to conduct electronic surveillance without a warrant from that court.
I suspect that Bush's alleged illegal spying outrages many Americans. In my opinion I believe that these allegations should be sufficient reason to launch an impeachment inquiry.
Of course, Bush can be arrested as any other citizen who has committed a crime. The president is not exempt from the law, so he can be legally arrested for the same reasons as any other person in the United States. And, there are distinguished legal experts who now claim that Bush broke the law, and should be arrested for having ordered the National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on American citizens currently resident in the United States.
I wonder who in Washington has the courage to swear out a criminal complaint against Bush, and ask a judge to issue a warrant for his arrest? And when?
Harold S. Kramer
Farrell Court
Sound improbable? All we need is one heroic D.C. cop willing to be at the center of a media maelstrom.
This letter inspired me to finally get started on a project I've been thinking about: a letters-to-the-editor aggregation site. It's starting small, but you can check it out at:
http://hudson.typepad.com/...
Anyway, how about it? Is Mr. Kramer totally off-base here?