The U.S. Senate is planning to quietly hold a vote this week that would pardon President Bush for breaking the law by illegally wiretapping innocent Americans without warrants.

According to Senator Leahy, the bill would "immunize officials who have violated federal law by authorizing such illegal activities."

President Bush broke the law, and courts are starting to agree.

Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter once said the program was illegal "on its face." But he has now caved to pressure from Vice President Cheney, and introduced legislation that marks a new low: the bill justifies everything the president did.

Worse, it makes it legal to wiretap Americans, in secret, without warrants or oversight, whenever the administration wants to.

So far, Democrats and some Republicans are holding strong against the bill, and there are good chances to stop it if enough of us speak up.

MoveOn.Org is sponsoring a petition opposing the Republican move to pardon President Bush for breaking the law.

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