Specter Says Bush May Agree to Surveillance Review

[kentuck]

"May Agree?" When are we going to get a Congress and a Senate that will tell this criminal that "You Will Agree" to obey the goddamn laws! :mad:
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said the Bush administration and Congress may be close to an agreement on submitting a National Security Agency surveillance program to judicial review.

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Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican who has been critical of the warrantless eavesdropping program instituted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, said White House officials have indicated they may be willing to accept oversight from a special court set up to handle intelligence wiretaps.

``There is an inclination to have it submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,'' Specter said on the ``Fox News Sunday'' program, ``and that would be a big step forward for protection of constitutional rights and civil liberties.''

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``The administration has long said that while we don't believe additional legal authority is necessary that we are willing to listen to the ideas of members of Congress on possible legislation,'' White House spokesman Ken Lisaius said today. ``Discussions are ongoing and we will continue to work with Chairman Specter as well as the intelligence committee.''

[Hugin]

1. Unbelievable...

Well, looks like the "equal protection" section of the Constitution is
alive and well... At least as far as Georgie.

The rest of us? Different story.

[jaxx]

2. Yes or No is never a bush option.

Evade and imply is more their style.

[Skidmore]

3. Congress has allowed itself to shun its oversight duties to

the point where they need to crawl in on hands and knees and simper and priss to do anything. What happened to subpeona? What happened to contempt?

[kentuck]

5. What happened to censure and impeachment??

Somebody needs to show this ogre that no one is above the law.

[Solly Mack]

4. Congress has been marginalized....

bowing down to the unitary executive

and as bad as that is...the fact that far too many in Congress allowed it to happen is worse

[Nite Owl]

6. Why does he have a

choice? What they did was illegal, he can't get to pick and choose if he will obey the law or not. First things first, he needs to be censured (or impeached!) then they can look to changing the law or not.