Bush is saying that he has the right to spy on citizens based on his emergency war powers under the constitution, I think Article II. When's the emergency over? In other wars between nation states one could pretty well tell when hostilities have ended. But Bush and the neocons have figured out a way to infringe on 4th amendment protections ad infinitum. The so-called "war on terror" will never end. I've yet to hear any talking head ask how we can tell when this "war" is over. This is my first diary, but I'm so pissed that I can't keep it inside. I'm lucky to have Barbara Boxer as my senator and Lynn Wolsey as my rep. We need to raise hell over this.