Posted on 03/21/2006 10:32:02 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
BELLE PLAINE, WI (AP) -- Sen. Russ Feingold says he favors wiretapping terrorists, though he wants President Bush censured because of his domestic wiretapping program.
"If you were on the phone with an al-Qaida person, I support your being wiretapped, all the time, for a long time," the Wisconsin Democrat said Monday during a listening session with constituents in Shawano County.
"We have laws already that allow the president to wiretap your line for 72 hours without a warrant. All he has to do is apply for that warrant. . . . The whole thing they're saying about how Sen. Feingold doesn't want us to be able to wiretap. That's absolute nonsense. I support wiretapping every single person who is working with a terrorist. Just do it within the law. That's all we ask."
Feingold, who received sustained applause from a crowd of about 100 people here when he discussed his censure petition, said in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that letters to his office were running 3 to 1 in favor of his censure position.
"We cannot allow the president of the United States to break the law," he said. "Censure is a quick way to solve the problem. Pass a resolution. It's over. We can get back to the work of fighting terrorism, dealing with health care issues."
"Foolish Feingold" Ping!
That guy is seriously ill.
I'm surprised that four people bothered to write letters to him.
Does this mean President Bush can wiretap Democratic offices, CNN, NBC, etc.
I wonder whose side they are on....
Is it just me, or does this sound like, "I think I stepped in it, let's hurry up and get this over with before I look like an even bigger buffoon."
What the HEY do You, Senator "Not-so-Feingold", think that the NSA was doing with their electronic eavesdropping hardware????
DUH!!!!!
"We have laws already that allow the president to wiretap your line for 72 hours without a warrant. All he has to do is apply for that warrant." Someone explain to me why one would need to apply for a warrant when a warrant is not needed. Is this like supporting the war before you don't support the war?
Just not terrorists in our own backyard?
Rusty Feingold - The town clown.
New radio ad by the GOP about Feingold.
http://www.gop.com/?s=radio
Quote:
"We have laws already that allow the president to wiretap your line for 72 hours without a warrant. All he has to do is apply for that warrant. . . .
Me:
Huh?
Huh? Feingold supports and has always supported a program over which he wants to impeach the President even though it was legal for the President to engage in the program activities? Is there no journalist out there who will pose this question?
Apply for a warrant after 72 hours is up.
So... I guess it's just censure for censure's sake... impeachment for the hell of it?!
Just a Senator who is a Democrat....what else can
you say...These people have to be the most biased,
egotistical humans that ever walked the halls of
Congress...Kennedy, Kerry, Schumer, Clinton, Boxer,
Feinstein, Durban, Cole,
Reid, etc.etc.etc. sad and they all
call Bush every name in the book...Voters..remember
their names...vote their A$$$ out..OUT. Jake
I don't get it. If the President has the power to wiretap without a warrant, why does he need to apply for a warrant? This doesn't make any sense.
I bet you're not really wondering.
Geez!!! Sounds like we have another Kerry on our hands here, "I voted for the resolution right before I voted against it."
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