Feingold Says He Favors Wiretapping Terrorists (Flip Flop?)

JSOnline via AP ^ | March 21, 2006 | Staff Writer from AP

[GOPRaleigh]

You're right....

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Feingold said this stuff last night, but President Bush did a good job of smackin' down the Dems at his news conference today, especially on Iraq and Iran.

He also got in a good swipe across Helen Thomas' sagging jowls, LOL!

He was pretty feisty. :)

[joesnuffy]

Brother Feingolds 'Moral Compass' is still set on the 60s
though its no longer 'blowing in the wind'...it's now just blowing with the wind...

[secretagent]

See post #36.

[mass55th]

"That's why a [retro-active] warrant would still be needed, if FISA applied."

Does FISA apply in this instance, and does it supercede a President's powers to protect American citizens from harm during a time of war? Nobody in Congress seems to want to answer those questions.

[Cboldt]

Just to make matters ever slightly more complex, there is a provision of FISA that permits wiretapping without warrants, PERIOD. That is, no 72 hour wait, no warrant, ever, and legal under FISA.

The phrases that this determination turns on are "foreign intelligence purposes" and "foreign power." See 50 USC 1802.

[mass55th]

Thanks Cboldt. Appreciate the link.

[Emmet Fitzhume]

I know.

My boycott of all things Wisconsin will continue to November.

If this idiot is re-elected, then I am through with Wisconsin forever.