Lawmakers say they will press Bush on spying

[Judi Lynn]

Posted 1/22/2006 6:10 PM

Lawmakers say they will press Bush on spying

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several lawmakers said Sunday they will press President Bush to justify his decision to allow domestic eavesdropping, rebuffing GOP suggestions their criticism of broad executive authority puts the nation at risk.

During the Sunday talk shows, lawmakers were responding to efforts by White House aide Karl Rove to make national security the top partisan issue in the November midterm elections. Rove made the comments about the time that new audiotape warnings by Osama bin Laden were released, threatening an upcoming attack on the U.S.

"I think Karl Rove made a big mistake last Friday to use this issue as his opening salvo to Republican operatives," said Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., the senior Democrat on the Intelligence Committee.

"The terrorists aren't going to check our party registration before they blow us up. ...We're under attack as America," she said on ABC's This Week.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-22-spying-program_x.htm

[Mnemosyne]

1. "Press *" omg, what

terrifying words. Run for the hills.:sarcasm:

Where are the Dems that DEMAND explanations for the criminal actions of the antiPresident?! Geez.

Milquetoast for lunch all next week and probably the rest of the year for most of the (D) House. Argh! :banghead:

Thanks Judi Lynn. Sorry for coming off so pessimistic tonight, headache all day and then read their total lack of fire, again.

V

[sabra]

2. ""The terrorists aren't going to check our party registration before they

"The terrorists aren't going to check our party registration before they blow us up"

great line!

[UrbScotty]

3. Amen (nt)

[Occulus]

4. Perhaps not, but

you can bank on the investigation into the spying going on full-tilt, and at its height, when "secrets" are already being revealed (and please, note those quote marks)... some sort of attack.

"SEE?!??!?!?!!! YOU WERE PUTTING US AT RISK! THIS ATTACK IS YOUR FAULT!!!"

And then all his critics get jailed.

(is it really all that hard to envision?)

[f-bush]

5. Let's hope so

show some guts for once. Do what's right and put a stop to this nazi crap. Get rid of this entire administration.

[henslee]

6. Press him? Ha! What clowns. There is no stopping George Bush.

Not with these lame ass leaders. We're gonna press him.