Democrats Say They Didn't Back Wiretapping

Yahoo (AP) ^ | 12/20/2005 | KATHERINE SHRADER

[Wasanother]

"As you know, I am neither a technician nor an attorney but I play one on TV."

[Youngman442002]

I think President Bush should change his tactics....and just defend the RED states....say if we uncover a plot to blow up SAN FRANCISCO....let it happen....let the blue boys and the MSN write it up. But have the President come out and say he could have stopped it..but he had to follow the Democrats ideas of civil liberties....and send a cheap flag to drape on their coffins.....also no Federal aid...because he could have prevented it..but it was what the "people" of San Francisco wanted....I am mad as hell..I think we are killing ourselves...and the terrorists are just laughing...

[Sacajaweau]

The FISA hearings which I just read on the web, acknowledge that "we are at war".

[syriacus]

Nice link. I'd forgotten that people were upset that there were so many "unaccounted-for" foreign students in the US.

[Mo1]

Since the program was disclosed last week by The New York Times, current and former Congress members have been liberated to weigh in.

And what exactly do they mean by "have been liberated"

This is still classified information

And how did they get their hands on that Rockefeller memo?

[OldFriend]

And Rockesmeller wants to be in charge of protecting our country?

He knows nothing and seems proud of it!

[Howlin]

BTW, he supposedly had this hiden in his office safe!

[KC_Conspirator]

If someone is smart, they are going to make Harry Reid's quip a conmmercial where he say "We just killed the Patriot Act" and a throng of leftist, hate America cheers go up.

[Howlin]

He released it; said he had it hidden in his office safe.

There are only EIGHT of them who were briefed; and it was only on 30 occasions.

[Wasanother]

It was just something I dug up and thought it was interesting that some of the RATS are yelling about the Presidential Powers now but forgot that they gave him the authority to do whatever necessary to protect Americans.

[Bigg Red]

Liberals are not to be trusted with the defense of the country.

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Ditto! See my long-standing tag line.

[Mo1]

He released it; said he had it hidden in his office safe.

That sounds odd .. and he still should not have released it .. the details are still clasified information

[gov_bean_ counter]

There is also a reference to another intel project pushed by John Poindexter.

[The Electrician]

Why is this guy on the intelligence committee?

Clearly Rockefeller's role there is to figure out how best to use classified national security information in ways that give aid and comfort to the Democrat party and to other enemies of America. Ignore his "playing dumb" act, because that's just for show. Do not be too surprised if this leak has his fingerprints on it.

[princess leah]

The Congressional Democrats are most upset about the POWER that they THINK they are being denied because Bush used his EXECUTIVE POWERS in these orders. I heard an attorney on FOX say the other night that neither Congress or the courts do NOT have the authority to take this option away from the President. He has full use as Commander in Chief to do this as did FDR, JFK, etc. One democrat whined about how Bush has "gone around the congress and the courts" Yes, he sure did because you guys are leakers and traitors!

[cpdiii]

Why would he say he was keeping a copy in his safe? When a person writes a letter to the Vice President you damn well keep a copy. Something about this letter stinks.

I notice that Jay Rockerfeller did not have access to an IBM Selectric and wrote it by hand. :)

[Ramcat]

"I feel unable to fully evaluate, much less endorse, these activities," West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat, said in a handwritten letter to Vice President Dick Cheney in July 2003. "As you know, I am neither a technician nor an attorney."

Being stupid is not an excuse Mr. Rockefeller.

[The_Victor]

Sheesh, what abysmal handwriting.

"Clearly the aitiuties [?] raise profound oven light issues."

I thought democRATs used the latest (30 years in future in some cases) technology to produce memos to file. This looks to have been written in haste. Not the sort of product one would send to the VPOTUS.

[Howlin]

Senators don't "do" stuff like this, you know that! Probably the first letter he's written in years.

I'd like to have the White House verify they actually GOT this letter.

[jetson]

wiretapping BAD....stealing FBI files GOOD...
Animal farm is alive and well within the democrap party.