Posted on 02/06/2006 6:08:53 AM PST by ken5050
Good Monday morning, once again, fellow political jinkies. The NFL season may be over, but the political season inside the Beltway is 24/7/365. So join us, if you can, as those wacky Dems on the Senate Judiciary committee reprise their pitiful efforts to once again smear President Bush and score political points..
Listening to Leaky, he sure sounds like one angry old man.
I'm not so sure, he's shown a bit of fire already this morning. He seems a little annoyed by the whole thing to me.
Leahy had to throw in the subtle dig that we still don't have Bin Laden.
I'm getting tired of the 'rats and media saying this is wiretapping "Americans". We have no idea if these are "Americans". They may be in America, but that does not make them "Americans".
Gonzales is not as nimble when working away from his written statements!!
Leahy geting some licks in about the timing of when the NSA program was started!!!
IIRC ..Ashcroft made a statement early on about FISA saying that he didn't think it was legal...then he retracted/clarified that statement....correct me if I'm wrong
LEahy does know Gonzales wasn't AG on sept 11. right?
GMTA, (see #296) glad to be in your company!
Leahy: I think you are violating express provisions of the Act. When the admin. came to the conclusion that the congressional resolution authorizing military force against AQ where we hoped to actually catch OBL, where you came to the conclusion that it authorized warrantless wiretapping within the US. Did you reach that ocnclusion before the Senate passed authorization of military force?
Gonzales: The program was used after COngress authorized military force.
Leahy: So your answer is you didn't come to that conclusions before Sept. 14, 2001. Are you aware of anyone in the admin. who came to that conclusion before 9/14/01.
Gonzales: I have no knowledge of that.
Leahy: Did you come to the conclusion that you had to have this warrantless wiretapping to protect us before the president signed the resolution on 9/18/01?
Gonzales: We came to a conclusion that the president had the authority shortly after the congress signed resolution.
The NSA did not commence acativities before the president gave his authorization. He was advised by lawyers in admin. that he had the authority.
Leahy: So the president didn't use this until Congress gave authorization of force?
Gonzales: The NSA has other authorities. The NSA did not commence electronic surveillance that I'm discussing today until after the authorization of force was signed.
Leahy: You were WH counsel. After Ashcroft met with us,...
Gonzales: I don't know.
Nice going Leaky trying to find out for the terrorists when this all started
I was thinking that very thing!
I hate how condescending Leahy is being. Talking to AG with such disrespect.
Leahy is trying to really nail down the time on this.
This should never have been a public hearing.
Gonzalez was the President's counsel, so he would have been cognizant of the AG's decision.
So I see! I can hardly see over your head! :-)
Back after my appointment; boy, I wish I had XM Radio today!
HERE COME THE CHARTS!
This should never have been a public hearing.
....agreed....may I repeat....they are gonna get us all killed.....I hate them!
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