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Kirk to Holder: Is DOJ spying on Congress? (& SCOTUS?)
Washington Examiner ^ | June 6 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 06/06/2013 9:34:44 AM PDT by PghBaldy

“With all due respect, Senator, I don’t think this is an appropriate setting for me to discuss [this issue],” Holder replied during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing when Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., asked if the executive branch was conducting surveillance that would give “unique leverage” over lawmakers.

Kirk replied that “the correct answer would be no, we stayed within our lane, and we did not spy on Members of Congress.”

Holder assured Kirk that “there is no intention to do anything of that nature — that is, to spy on Members of Congress or to spy on the Supreme Court.”

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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

J. Eric Withholder

fixed


21 posted on 06/06/2013 9:47:43 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: dirtboy

this just got even bigger - its all about politics and coercion of congress


22 posted on 06/06/2013 9:48:02 AM PDT by Revelation 911 (hump scratching n'er do well.....all strung out on chicken wings and venison jerky)
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To: Vaduz

LOL, very true.


23 posted on 06/06/2013 9:48:55 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (President Obma; The Slumlord of the Rentseekers)
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To: PghBaldy

Depends on what the definition os “spy” is now isn`t it?

There can be no law when the extreme totalitarian left redefine words to suit their ends and means at any particular time and place.

Holder isn`t spying, he may be surveilling , or monitoring, or recording called numbers, but he isn`t a “spy” .

Until the dumb ass GOP learn the language of the left they will always not ask the specific correct questions and get specific answers .


24 posted on 06/06/2013 9:49:43 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (t ask the BIG question,)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; All

J. Edgar would have loved working for Obama..


25 posted on 06/06/2013 9:49:47 AM PDT by KevinDavis (The Bill of Rights is a suicide pact.)
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To: Kristin; maggief; holdonnow; penelopesire; onyx; hoosiermama

This is truly shocking. But not surprising. He didn’t say No ..Never.

No wonder he’s not ready to leave. .


26 posted on 06/06/2013 9:50:27 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: PghBaldy
I'm not. bear shit in woods photo: bear in woods bear-shit-in-woods.jpg
27 posted on 06/06/2013 9:50:35 AM PDT by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: PghBaldy
Drudge has this headline photo. Is that a homo/sodomy marriage ring on his right hand?


28 posted on 06/06/2013 9:51:36 AM PDT by newfreep (Breitbart sent me...)
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To: PghBaldy

Mark Kirk? He’s a rat mole... What would he be doing squeezing Holder?
Whew, is my spidey sense ever tingling.
I smell a diversion wrapped in a spin cycle and sprinkled with lies coming out of this hearing.


29 posted on 06/06/2013 9:51:52 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: SE Mom

He did say he had a lot more to do.


30 posted on 06/06/2013 9:51:55 AM PDT by surrey
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To: PghBaldy

Holder saying ‘there was no intention’ indicates to me it has happened and may be continuing to happen. If it has not, then Holder easily could have said so.


31 posted on 06/06/2013 9:52:33 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: The Cajun

Do we need to refer to Bill for the proper definition of “is”?


32 posted on 06/06/2013 9:52:49 AM PDT by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: crosslink

Might be why Roberts changed his vote on obammacare?


33 posted on 06/06/2013 9:53:24 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: Cheerio

I am pretty much speechless at this point.


34 posted on 06/06/2013 9:53:34 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: cripplecreek

The strange quiet that came from the White House prior to the Supreme Court’s Mengelecare ruling last year is starting to make sense.


35 posted on 06/06/2013 9:54:07 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: PghBaldy
The steady Drip Drip Drip is picking up speed.

Methinks the "O" ring in this plumbing is about to completely give.

Quick, call Joe the Plumber - he'll get the laast laugh when it does.

36 posted on 06/06/2013 9:54:18 AM PDT by IrishPennant (Excuse me...Here's your nose. I found it in my business....agian!)
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To: Lancey Howard

Sometimes things are just what they appear to be. If this is a diversion, it is mighty stupid.


37 posted on 06/06/2013 9:54:31 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: newfreep

It’s the mirrored reflection of his left hand, Einstein.


38 posted on 06/06/2013 9:54:31 AM PDT by brewcrew
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To: BuckeyeTexan
FYI : SCOTUS ping--- Holder uncharacteristically volunteers info beyond the question. Adds "SCOTUS."
39 posted on 06/06/2013 9:54:47 AM PDT by thouworm (Steyn: They let [Stevens] die, and then told lies over his coffin.They did that to one of their own.)
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To: newfreep

http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/obamas-ring-there-is-no-god-but-allah/


40 posted on 06/06/2013 9:56:37 AM PDT by rawhide
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