Future charges possible, Dems warn White House

From SFgate.com:

Washington -- House Democrats warned President Bush, top leaders of his administration and officials of the National Security Agency on Friday that if the political climate changes they could face criminal prosecution for ordering and carrying out warrantless domestic eavesdropping.

"These are clearly crimes and the statute of limitations extends beyond this president's term,'' which will end in January 2009, said Rep. Jerry Nadler D-N.Y., at an ad hoc hearing called by House Judiciary Committee's Democrats to assail Bush's contention that his order for warrantless domestic wiretaps on American citizens is legal.

Another member, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, said, "I hope the administration ceases and desists, at least out of respect for their own liability.''

Let's hope that the Democrats don't have to wait until Bush is out of office to hold him accountable for all of his illegal activity. The focus needs to be on getting back control of both houses of Congress during this year's elections. The Democrats can't sit back and expect the political climate to change all by itself. They need to develop a backbone and fight for that change. They've been presented with a winning hand in the Jack Abramoff scandal. Now they need to paint the Republican party as the party of corruption which shouldn't be hard to do given all of the current Republican scandals.