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Most Congressmen told of easedropping program agreed with it

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-12-23 07:25|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Only the Senate Judiciary Committee, under Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, has pledged to hold hearings on the program..

Fact:
Since 1980, Arlen Specter has never ~~wasted~~ missed even one opportunity to expose his thinking and face in the media.

[emphasis yours, truly]

Posted by anon observer 2005-12-23 09:11|| 2005-12-23 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 So true, AO. The good Senator can prolly build his own private castle out of "Meet the Press" and "Face the Nation" coffee mugs by now...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-12-23 09:38|| 2005-12-23 09:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Even if you buy into the traditional Democrat load, how can anyone with good conscience still trust the Democratic Leadership? The "Bush Eavesdropping" story had been held more than a year only to be conveniently leaked at just the right moment â with the 'USA Patriot Act' reauthorization looming. Wow!...what a coincidence! What are the odds?

BUT...BUT...BUT...

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
said that she had been briefed but:
considered the briefings to be "notification - not a request for approval."

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid
said that he had been briefed but:
"The president can't pass the buck on this one."

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-12-23 11:05|| 2005-12-23 11:05|| Front Page Top

#4 I want to repeat my remarks on this subject of yesterday. I firmly believe the President has legal authority to direct these intercepts IAW Article 2 of the Constitution. If for some reason there is some ambiguity then Congress needs to make it clearly legal to act in this manner. I really donât care if it is a Democrat or a Republican in the office they need this ability to safeguard the U.S. and itâs interests. Also I DARE Nancy Pelosi to draw up articles of impeachment or any kind of censure. I think that would make a dandy political commercial next year: âThe Democrats think that we should search for terrorists while blindfolded and with ear plugs, do you?â

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-12-23 11:42|| 2005-12-23 11:42|| Front Page Top

#5 I guess I keep missing something.

I've always thought it was legally okay for us to listen to our enemies' communications. In fact, I've always thought it was a really good idea. Indeed, if we weren't doing it, I'd want the responsible people fired or court-martialed.

So if a nasty boy is talking with someone in the US, I want to know about it. If the someone in the US is a 'US person', I still want to know it. I might not decide to prosecute him or fling rotten grapefruit at him, but I still want to know with whom among our enemies he's having conversations.

It's like the Dems have taken a collective stoopid pill on this one. GWB just needs to keep explaining it -- "we're listening in on our enemies so we can catch them before they kill more Americans. And I have the right to do that."

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-12-23 16:01|| 2005-12-23 16:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Powerlineblog is all over this NSA intercept story. Lots of good stuff, just keep scrolling. National Review Online also has a DoJ letter (in .pdf form) written to Congress regarding the legality of the intercepts. Bottom line appears to be there's nothing illegal about them.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2005-12-23 16:13|| 2005-12-23 16:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Democrat talking points:

1) We were for it before we were against it.
2) We were for it only because we were too dumb to understand it.
3) We were for it cause that stupid idiot Bush tricked us again.

Posted by DMFD 2005-12-23 18:27|| 2005-12-23 18:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Ms. Pelosi, a former top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee who is now the House Democratic leader, has said that she, like Mr. Rockefeller, expressed her concerns in a letter to the administration. But Ms. Pelosi has said that she cannot make the letter public until the administration agrees to declassify it.

Nancy, ~~take a long walk on a short pier~~ go jump off the GG bridge.

Posted by Harry S. Truman 2005-12-23 21:09|| 2005-12-23 21:09|| Front Page Top

EEEeeeewwwwwwuuuuu!

Posted by bad plastic surgery 2005-12-23 21:12|| 2005-12-23 21:12|| Front Page Top

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