Sen. Specter Threatens to Block NSA Funds

AP ^ | April 27 2006 | Staff and agencies

[jmc1969]

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Thursday he is considering legislation to cut off funding for the Bush administration‘s secret domestic wiretapping program until he gets satisfactory answers about it from the White House.

Specter said he had informed President Bush about his intention and that he has attracted several potential co-sponsors. He said he‘s become increasingly frustrated in trying to elicit information about the program from senior White House officials at several public hearings.

"It is true that we have no assurance that the president would follow any statute that we enact," Specter said. He said he‘s considering adding an amendment to stop funding of the program to an Iraq war-hurricane relief bill being debated by the Senate this week and next.

[Snardius]

Dear Senator Spector,
Pound Sand.
Sincerely,
President Bush

[dirtboy]

Bush, your support of Specter over Twoomey just keeps paying you dividends, doesn't it?

[Suzy Quzy]

Hey Spector...you sure have loyalty...as*hole.

[jpl]

I really loathe this vile man.

[defenderSD]

"He said he‘s become increasingly frustrated in trying to elicit information about the program from senior White House officials at several public hearings."

That's because this is a classified national security program and responsible White House officials do not provide much information about such programs at public hearings. Perhaps Sen. Specter should try holding a closed private hearing, or maybe he should pick up the phone and talk to Alberto Gonzalez.

[Thom Pain]

Even the Scots rejected this man.

Note to Pennsylvania voters: Pay attention!

[pgkdan]

So this is how Arlen Spectre says thatnk you to the President and rick Santorum for saving his left wing ass in the last election? Nice guy.

[Leatherneck_MT]

The President doesn't need to be impeached, it's these Maggot Pandering communist Senators both Dim and Rep that need to be impeached, brought home and tarred and feathered!

[mkjessup]

Bush, your support of Specter over Twoomey just keeps paying you dividends, doesn't it?

BINGO. Specter's alleged "loyalty" to the President (let alone the GOP) remains "not proven". I tell you, I think the chemo and radiation toasted his brain, not that it needed any extra degradation.

[Bigun]

The good people of the Pennsylavnia Commonwealth must be VERY proud to have this POS serving them!

[MikeA]

That's it. Remove this asshat from his chairmanship at once. I've had it with this nasal talker.

[ASA Vet]

MI Ping

[veronica]

Snarlin' Arlen strikes again.

[Suzy Quzy]

Santorum could be defeated because of his support for vile Spector.

[dirtboy]

IMO, to inflame those ethnic fires for your own ethnic politics.

The only times in my life that I have voted Libertarian were against Specter. I refuse to vote for the sumbitch and I wasn't gonna vote for the Democrat either.

[Brilliant]

Seems like Specter wants to let the Dems off the hook on this one. Why not let the Dems make these threats for themselves?

[dighton]

Dear Senator, to put as politely as flesh and blood will bear, go screw yourself.

[hgro]

Maybe that cancer settled in his brain. This guy is the republican version of Chuckles Schumer. When a T.V. camera is within range, and Sphincter is near, LOOK OUT!

[darkwing104]

Let see Senator...Maybe you and your cohorts have shown that you can not be trusted with Classified information...

Face it Senator, you have a leak problem. BTW, is one of your cosponsors Sen Rockefeller(D) W.V.?