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2006-02-15 Home Front: Politix

Congressional probe of NSA spying in doubt

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-02-15 03:33|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Still spinning, still peddling the "White House Power Play", still circling the drain. Fuck off, WaPo. Investigate my ass, tools.

This has already been decided, numerous times, in favor of Constitutional Presidential power and cannot be limited or curtailed by legislation. They can try to amend the Constitution, but that's it. Otherwise, game over. All of the laws in this arena crafted by the congress are wank-jobs. Pointless "pretty please" little lumps of congressional hubris and pretense.

The President has been civil and patient and shown much goodwill to these morons. Sadly, in this craven partisan atmosphere, it has all been a wasted effort and not reciprocated. Every asstard MSM story, such as this tripe, implying wrong-doing, power-plays - what-the-fuck-ever - are disingenuous smear efforts. The endless parade continues.

Bite me, WaPo. Curl up and die.

Posted by .com 2006-02-15 05:08|| 2006-02-15 05:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Follow the money. We know where it leads. We know the political affiliations of these TRANZI fools. The Democrats in the House want no part of theuir dirty laundry aired.

When it comes out that Clinton may have actually broken real laws and regs that apply to all branches of government, not just ones the left have made up that don't even exist. They want to have no part of it.

Posted by Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-02-15 05:13|| 2006-02-15 05:13|| Front Page Top

#3 "specifically authorize this program" by excluding it from the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

This is the blinding obvious answer, when laws were framed with no concept DM was possible. Any interpretation that prohibits DM must be an unintended consequence.

Otherwise what .com said.

Disclaimer; I'm not an American, although I would note Oz (the Howard government) has today proposed legislation that specifically allows DM. The media was of course completely clueless on the issue.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-15 07:49|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-15 07:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Full court press my left nut.

The reason they are backing down is because its about to blow up in their faces. The public has become more informed about the 'dosmestic spying' (in spite of the MSM's attempt to cast it in a negative light) and decided that, yes its ok to spy on people who are trying to kill us.

Besides it was a dead issue to begin with. Carter and Clinton did it.

The 'Polls' (which is how they govern anymore - they dont have any brains or balls themselves) have spoken and they have failed miserably.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-02-15 08:21|| 2006-02-15 08:21|| Front Page Top

#5 This has less to do with terrorist spying and more to do with Congressional power, RINO weenies included.

Snowe, Specter, Graham, et al want to "deliberate" the war on terror. That why you get the laughable line "If the President needs more power, he should ask Congress."

Anyone who has watched the Senate or the House debate and legislate on C-SPAN knows that the terrorists would like nothing better than to have these bodies cuff the President's war fighting hands.

The AG read the Constitution to them (something they should have been already familar with), as well as excerpts from the Authorization to Use Military Force and reinforcing judicial statements.

Specter and the other dinosaurs are like the White House press corps, whining because they were not informed.

Posted by Captain America 2006-02-15 08:39|| 2006-02-15 08:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Should read: After careful consideration (and many polls) Senators decide not to piss into the wind. Its only coincidence that the right thing happens to also be the political thing to do. Notice that the Donks are no longer talking about stopping the patriot act but are beaming about the bi-partisan support. If they dont improve their numbers on national security soon most of their congressional/senate campaigns will be over by June.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-02-15 10:29|| 2006-02-15 10:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Graham needs a challenger in the 2006 primary.

Posted by SR-71">SR-71 2006-02-15 11:24|| 2006-02-15 11:24|| Front Page Top

#8 DM? Oh, yeah. Data Mining.

Jeepers, Karl Rove is good! (4)

Posted by Bobby 2006-02-15 17:42|| 2006-02-15 17:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Two comments in this article leave me shaking my head at the sheer gall of Rockefeller.
Comment one,
administration briefings regarding it were highly secret and limited to eight lawmakers: the top Republican and Democratic leader of the House and Senate, respectively, and the top Republican and Democrat on the House and Senate intelligence committees.

Comment two
John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), the Senate intelligence committee's vice chairman, has drafted a motion calling for a wide-ranging inquiry into the surveillance program,

So since he's the inteligence vice-Chairman he was briefed, and is now pretending he knew nothing about it?

Bastard.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-02-15 20:04|| 2006-02-15 20:04|| Front Page Top

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