Finally…
I’m a bit surprised that Gore is doing this (he usually doesn’t come off as very assertive, but perhaps he’s changing), but Al Gore is finally standing up and making a direct challenge to the legality of the Bush administration’s policies. Personally, I feel that domestic wiretapping without going through the FISA court, the current policies on torture and extreme interrogation, the indefinite holding of “enemy combatants” (including American citizens!), the manipulation of information that led to the war in Iraq, and the USA PATRIOT Act as a whole are blatantly illegal (except the PATRIOT Act, which is unconstitutional and should not be legal). I’ve been waiting for someone to actually call the Bush administration on any of this, and it finally seems to be happening.
The Bush administration has a very clever policy of ignoring criticism and just going ahead with their stuff anyway. This has allowed them to accomplish a lot of things, and I feel powerless to stop them. I have relied on higher political powers to challenge the president, and have been severely disappointed. I really hope this is the start of a new trend.