King George's federal crime

Jonathan Turley-on the Factor said that President Bush's spying operation is based on a federal crime.

Bill: Professor Turley, how do you see it?

Turley: I don't consider this a close case at all. I think that this operation-ahh-it was based on a federal crime.

Oh, and here's what a Judge thinks:

Napolitano: When Congress enacted the FISA act in ‘77, it also made it criminal for anyone in this country to use the power of the government to wiretap without a search warrant. It made it easy to get the search warrant with the FISA law, but it said you have to get the search warrant.

Host: So what the president’s done is a criminal act?

Napolitano: The president has violated the law in the name of national security, not wanting to violate the law, believing he’s doing the right thing, but he violated it nonetheless. He can’t pick and choose which laws to obey and not to obey any more than the rest of us can.