Bush gets key backing on spy policy (Kansas City Star)

[KansDem]

Posted on Tue, Dec. 20, 2005

Bush gets key backing on spy policy
By MATT STEARNS
The Star’s Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration found a key ally on Capitol Hill Monday as it broadened its aggressive defense of a recently revealed domestic spying program that used warrantless surveillance.

Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, “believes the program is consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution,” Sarah Little, Roberts’ spokeswoman, said in an e-mailed statement.

Roberts, in his first public remarks on the electronic surveillance program, indicated he has known about the program since he took over the committee in 2003. He said he believes the administration has taken proper safeguards to preserve Americans’ civil liberties and is in talks with Senate leaders on what additional oversight steps Congress should take, Little said.

“Senator Roberts believes that in a time of war, the president should have every lawful authority to protect the American people,” Little said.

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http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/front/13445932.htm

Notice how often the reporter uses "believes?" What's wrong, Senator, don't you know?!?!? I do believe you don't, so shut up until you do!

[sabra]

1. Is this the same Senator Roberts, who has stalled phase 2 of

the pre-war inquiry?

Hmm...

[KansDem]

3. One and the same...

:eyes:

[karynnj]

7. yep - and as Chair, he knew some of the information was

skewed - thus his stalling protects himself.

[tularetom]

2. Roberts supports bush wiretap policy

In other news, it's cold in December.

[azmouse]

4. Well if Sen. Roberts BELIEVES it's all right....

then it must be, right??? :sarcasm:

[Burried News]

5. The President misused intelligence to start a war. The man who

promised to investigate that (and hasn't)now says the President's war powers justifies circumventing the Constitution.:hurts:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

6. Roberts is a friggin' NeoCon...what did anyone expect??

[KansDem]

8. These comments struck me as odd...

Such briefings are classified, which means that even if a member of Congress disagrees with a policy, they can’t disclose it. The briefings were limited to top congressional leadership and the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence committees.

Sen. Kit Bond, a Missouri Republican who has been on the Senate Intelligence Committee since 2003, said he was not aware of the program. Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat on the committee, said he did not know about it, either.

:wtf: Sen. Roberts "believes" what Bush did is "ok," but even members on the Senate Intelligence Committee weren't aware of his shenanigans? I know what "chairmen" means, but what defines a "ranking member?" Sen. Levin has been on the committee since 1997.

[librechik]

13. worse, he is a shameless prostrate whore for Bush

willing to do anything, including break the law himself, to help Bush--and himself--get re-elected.

[VWolf]

9. "Those willing to sacrifice

liberty for security lose both and deserve neither"

I think one of our founding fathers said this.

[xxqqqzme]

10. 'Poor Richard's Almanac' publisher

said that.

[xxqqqzme]

11. I am so f*cking sick

of these lowlife, neo-fascists elected by the christo-fascist zombie minority in a low population, sucking-up-blue-state-tax-dollars state deciding what is OK for everyone in the other 49 states - Hey mean, nasty, petty ted stevens - I'm talking about YOU - How this lowlife roberts translates N2
'key' is baffling.


Sorry, I'm on a tear this AM - I am sooooo fed up w/ these rat bastard, asshats and their 'wars' on homosexuals, women, the environment, the Constitution, activists judges' christmas, liberal media, terror.........whatever else they can dream up 2 distract the masses.

[gratuitous]

12. And what does he base his belief on?

The inherent goodness of the Bush administration, which only now is admitting that it fudged the pre-war intelligence to make the threat from Iraq appear to be bigger than it was? Thousands are dead, Mr. Roberts. Thousands more are wounded and scarred for life. Billions and billions of dollars have been squandered.

But you trust the Bushistas when they say they were only protecting the American people. Or do you have some additional information that would lead us to believe that domestic spying on the Quakers was necessary to our nation's security?

Be a man, Senator Roberts. We have enough toads in Washington already.

[MissMillie]

14. When did Congress declare war?

Surely they're not implying that the ability to declare war comes from some other power than Congress....

[katinmn]

15. It's CYA time!

[gizmo1979]

16. Who died and annointed

this goober the Kings atty?I never heard of the smuck before.