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To: mystery-ak

From another thread:

"Former senator Bob Graham (D-Fla.), who chaired the Senate intelligence committee and is the only participant thus far to describe the meetings extensively and on the record, said in interviews Friday night and yesterday that he remembers "no discussion about expanding [NSA eavesdropping] to include conversations of U.S. citizens or conversations that originated or ended in the United States" -- and no mention of the president's intent to bypass the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court."

FOLLOWED BY:

"The high-ranking intelligence official, who spoke with White House permission but said he was not authorized to be identified by name, said Graham is "misremembering the briefings," which in fact were "very, very comprehensive." The official declined to describe any of the substance of the meetings, but said they were intended "to make sure the Hill knows this program in its entirety, in order to never, ever be faced with the circumstance that someone says, 'I was briefed on this but I had no idea that -- ' and you can fill in the rest."

By Graham's account, the official said, "it appears that we held a briefing to say that nothing is different . . . . Why would we have a meeting in the vice president's office to talk about a change and then tell the members of Congress there is no change?""


1,967 posted on 12/19/2005 5:37:22 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach

I listened to Mark Levin this evening...he was very enlightening...also, the MSM did not air the AG's presser this morning where he laid it all out...


1,971 posted on 12/19/2005 5:40:12 PM PST by mystery-ak (Merry Christmas)
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To: Peach
"The high-ranking intelligence official...said Graham is "misremembering the briefings,"

I watched Graham. He was lying. I just hope that the Administration kept sufficient records to prove it.

1,978 posted on 12/19/2005 5:48:17 PM PST by Bahbah (Free Scooter; Tony Schaffer for the US Senate)
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