http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020601379.html
Ex-President Carter: Eavesdropping Illegal
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 7, 2006; 1:12 AM
HENDERSON, Nev. -- Former President Jimmy Carter criticized the Bush
administration's domestic eavesdropping program Monday and said he
believes the president has broken the law.
"Under the Bush administration, there's been a disgraceful and
illegal decision _ we're not going to the let the judges or the
Congress or anyone else know that we're spying on the American
people," Carter told reporters. "And no one knows how many innocent
Americans have had their privacy violated under this secret act."
Carter made the remarks at a union hall near Las Vegas, where his
oldest son, Jack Carter, announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate.
The former president also rebuked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
for telling Congress that the spying program is authorized under
Article 2 of the Constitution and does not violate the 1978 Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act passed during Carter's administration.
Gonzales made the assertions in testimony before the Senate Judiciary
Committee, which began investigating the eavesdropping program Monday.
"It's a ridiculous argument, not only bad, it's ridiculous.
Obviously, the attorney general who said it's all right to torture
prisoners and so forth is going to support the person who put him in
office. But he's a very partisan attorney general and there's no
doubt that he would say that," Carter said. "I hope that eventually
the case will go to the Supreme Court. I have no doubt that when it's
over, the Supreme Court will rule that Bush has violated the law."
The former president said he would testify before the Judiciary
Committee if asked.
"If my voice is important to point of the intent of the law that was
passed when I was president, I know all about that because it was one
of the most important decisions I had to make."
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