"I'd like to hear from the leaders of Congress, both Republican and Democrat, who, according to reports, we're briefed on this and agreed to it," he told "This Week." "They didn't raise any objection, apparently, to [whether] there was a, quote, violation of law."
Asked about House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's claim that she "raised concerns" about granting the NSA new powers during one meeting with White House officials, McCain said: "I don't know about any meetings, but I certainly never heard complaints from anyone on either side of the aisle.
The selective memories of these people is unbelievable.
1 posted on
12/18/2005 11:43:06 AM PST by
wagglebee
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To: wagglebee
Please don't torture the terrorists but it's OK to eavesdrop on them..
2 posted on
12/18/2005 11:45:31 AM PST by
NormsRevenge
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To: wagglebee
Too little tooo late McCain.
3 posted on
12/18/2005 11:46:15 AM PST by
bmwcyle
(Evolution is a myth -- Libertarians just won't evolve into Conservatives.)
To: wagglebee
McCain on my side on this issue, oh joy...
4 posted on
12/18/2005 11:46:48 AM PST by
DoughtyOne
(MSM: Public support for war waining. 403/3 House vote against pullout vaporizes another lie.)
To: wagglebee
I've finally figured out why they're in an uproar.. Since the targets of the calls were terrorist sympathizers and their supporters, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, John Kerry and others are worried that there might be more than a few of their own phone calls tucked away in a NSA vault, or worse, in George W Bush's desk.
5 posted on
12/18/2005 11:48:45 AM PST by
kingu
To: wagglebee
I like disappointed Democrats
6 posted on
12/18/2005 11:48:52 AM PST by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: wagglebee
Pelosi is such a ditzy broad, she can't remember what happened yesterday. You've just got to blow off anything she says.
7 posted on
12/18/2005 11:49:47 AM PST by
FlingWingFlyer
(We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
To: wagglebee; calcowgirl; Carry_Okie; SierraWasp
Anyone get the feeling they are grooming McCain for a 08 run?
8 posted on
12/18/2005 11:50:05 AM PST by
FOG724
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To: wagglebee
McCain knows this will come back to bite the Dems in the ass, it has already been shown to be BS, Pelosi backtracked and tried to make it seem like she disagreed at the time she was informed but we know that is BS also. Records are kept of these things and it is easy enough to prove that the meetings took place and who was present.
The Dems are not used to the President fighting back, and I hope he keeps it up.
9 posted on
12/18/2005 11:50:09 AM PST by
calex59
(Seeing the light shouldn't make you blind...)
To: wagglebee
Got his finger into the wind quick on this one didn't he?
There is no way I will ever vote for this RINO turd in a primary or general election.
10 posted on
12/18/2005 11:51:17 AM PST by
Valpal1
(Crush jihadists, drive collaborators before you, hear the lamentations of their media. Allahu FUBAR!)
To: wagglebee
McCain said the fact that congressional leaders - including top Democrats - were consulted on the NSA authorization "is a very important part of this equation." He suggested that any congressional hearings into the Bush decision focus on that aspect. I suggest that they focus on the identity of the traitor that leaked this to the media, and his trial and public execution.
11 posted on
12/18/2005 11:51:17 AM PST by
RobFromGa
(Polls are for people who can't think for themselves.)
To: wagglebee
"When this process was being carried out I would imagine that the leaders of Congress would be very concerned about any violation of law as well," he said. "Apparently [those concerns have] not been raised until it was published in the New York Times." Weren't the RATS in charge of the Senate in 2002?
To: wagglebee
that's ok .. I'm sure McPain will find something else this week to slam the President with
15 posted on
12/18/2005 11:53:26 AM PST by
Mo1
(Message to Democrats .... We do not surrender and run from a fight !!)
To: wagglebee
Sen. John McCain disappointed Democrats on Capitol Hill on Sunday by defending the Bush administration's decision to use the National Security Agency to monitor a limited number of domestic phone calls in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Can we say McCain for President 08?
IMO that's the reason for this.
19 posted on
12/18/2005 12:09:03 PM PST by
Valin
(Purple Fingers Rule!)
To: wagglebee
What else would McCain say, he repealed the First Amendment, and now he wants to repeal the Fourth. I rather have no republic than one filled with slaves.
To: wagglebee
Anybody with more than 2 brain cells to rub together:
Bush Right to Use NSA
To: wagglebee
Yeah, but Cain can never make a straight statement without some equivocation.
Makes me ill, he does
24 posted on
12/18/2005 12:15:03 PM PST by
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To: wagglebee
25 posted on
12/18/2005 12:15:58 PM PST by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(secus acutulus exspiro ab Acheron bipes actio absol ab Acheron supplico)
To: wagglebee
"When this process was being carried out I would imagine that the leaders of Congress would be very concerned about any violation of law as well," he said. "Apparently [those concerns have] not been raised until it was published in the New York Times." Gee, imagine that.
To: wagglebee
When the hell is anyone going to focus on the LEAKERS who BROKE THE LAW!
37 posted on
12/18/2005 1:00:52 PM PST by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: wagglebee
Sen. John McCain disappointed Democrats on Capitol Hill on Sunday by defending the Bush administration's decision to use the National Security Agency to monitor a limited number of domestic phone calls in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. It will be interesting to see what McCains political base says about this.
The MSM normally would rip any republican to sheds, saying something like that, but since it's McCain, his base, the MSM media, are in quite a dilemma now.
45 posted on
12/18/2005 1:19:51 PM PST by
Popman
(In politics, ideas are more important than individuals.)
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