Democrats Say They Didn't Back Wiretapping

Yahoo (AP) ^ | 12/20/2005 | KATHERINE SHRADER

[popdonnelly]

"I feel unable to fully evaluate, much less endorse, these activities,"

Trust your feelings, Jay.

At least Rockefeller is right about that.

[Trust but Verify]

Republicans, too, were skeptical.

Since when does Arlen Spector count as Republicans plural? He shouldn't even count as a single-tense Republican.

Such media bias.

[Ramcat]

BTW, he supposedly had this hidden in his office safe!

There's your leaker.

[pepperhead]

Isn't Graham the nut job that kept a detailed daily diary of everything he did, every day.

I think that was Bob Graham of Florida.

[bullseye1911]

"I feel unable to fully evaluate, much less endorse, these activities," West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat, said in a handwritten letter to Vice President Dick Cheney in July 2003. "As you know, I am neither a technician nor an attorney."

Doesn't sound like the Jaybird is qualified to sit on the intelligence committee

[mtntop3]

Rockefeller is the ultimate trust fund baby. An elitist prep school and Ivy Leaguer who hates the military and cowers in the face of fascism, he cannot be depended to defend this country.

He is, in addition, a New York carpet-bagging parasite who has cynically used the good people of West Virginia as no more than a power base - thanks to the West Virginia Democratic machine.

His mug, with its beak, is thoroughly repugnant and eerily reminiscent of Ichabod Crane - may the Headless Horseman return posthaste and gallop again through the Sleepy Hollow(s) of the hills.

[Verginius Rufus]

John D. III died in 1978 in an automobile accident. His siblings Abby, Nelson, and Winthrop died at 73, 70, and 60 respectively. Laurance made it to 94, and David is still alive at the age of 90. Nelson's son Michael probably died at the age of 23 (he disappeared in New Guinea in 1961 and was never seen again).

John D. III's wife was Blanchette Ferry Hooker (1909-1992), so you could say that Jay Rockefeller is the son of a Hooker.

[The_Victor]

Since when does Arlen Spector count as Republicans plural? He shouldn't even count as a single-tense Republican.

Such media bias.

MSM template:
One "Republican" agreeing with majority of democRATs = bipartisan support.
Several democRATs agreeing with majority Republicans = "mostly" along party lines.

[syriacus]

Rockefeller is the ultimate trust fund baby

He's lucky to have become a baby, given his family's enthusiasm for eugenics and "population control."

[The Electrician]

If I had a little more time on my hands, a little effort with Photoshop could produce all sorts of fun and interesting letters in Jay Rockefeller's own handwriting on US Senate letterhead. For example, perhaps a letter to Osama telling him not to use his cellphone because it is being monitored. Or a memo to Joseph Wilson thanking him for forging the Niger letter. Or a thank you to Saddam with cc: to Kofi for including him in the oil-for-food kickbacks. Where are Dan Rather and Mary Mapes when we need them?

[Howlin]

LOL.......go for it!

[cpdiii]

My memory is a bit hazy, but was J Rockefeller ever associated with any leaks in the past? This could get real interesting>

[Sacajaweau]

What doesn't make sense is that he addressed this to Cheney, exclusive of all others.

If you're on a committee, you just sit there?? You don't ask questions? Your cohorts don't ask questions.

Not only that, his letter in no way addresses what his particular issue is.

One would think therefore that there would be several letters to Cheney about the EXACT same thing.

[JFC]

dims want us to be attacked. what a shame.

[Sacajaweau]

Howlin....Despite the "This is my copy" bit it still doesn't mean that the letter was EVER delivered to Cheney.

Note: July 17, 2003 was three days after Novak's article.

[cpdiii]

A letter from a ranking Senator on the Senate Intelligence Committee must be replied to. Where in the hell is the reply? If it was not replied to the Senator would have raised hell in writing to the Vice President. If it was replied to in closed meetings the minutes of the meeting would show this.

I think Rockefeller is lying.

[Howlin]

Oh, there's an interesting fact.

[Mo1]

good catch

[BritExPatInFla]

"The MSM continues to defend the democRATs. But it is interesting to note that after you finish reading past Rockefeller's lies, most of the democRATs admit they recieved the briefings. But of course the MSM will never put that in the first paragraph."

The only sticking point with that argument is that the breifings the Senators recieved in the Intelligence Committee briefings would have been top secret as well, preventing them from talking to even thier staff about it. I still think that this is a dangerous precedent, especially down the line when/if a dem president is elected.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Some Democrats say they never approved a domestic wiretapping program,..

Based on what I have read, Bush informed them what he was doing; he did not need their approval.