Democrats Have Legalized Bush's Crimes

By Robert Parry, Media Consortium. VIA AlterNet The Democratic leadership cleared the way for the president and his collaborators to evade punishment for defying the law. Editor's note: You can read more about Obama backing a FISA "compromise" here. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims that a key positive feature of the new wiretap "compromise" is that the bill reaffirms that the President must follow the law, even though the same bill virtually assures that no one will be held accountable for G