LIVE THREAD: SJC hearing on the NSA surveilance program - C-span 1; 9:30 am EST

[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..

[bonfire]

Biden reminding us all how he's so important! lol

[Peach]

Biden: I was a co-sponsor of FISA and charged with being a small group to write the authorization for use of force.

Why do you limit your wiretapping only on foreign calls to the US.

AG: That's a presidential decision. I believe it's because we're trying to balance concerns that might arise that NSA was engaged in surveillance of domestic calls so a decision was made this is an appropriate balance. I'm sure there are some Americans who believe there are two AQ calling each other in American and why aren't you listening to those calls.

[MEG33]

Biden knocks Roberts for not holding hearings on a secret program..great thinking Biden..The Intelligence Committee should demand we should expose all our secrets/s.

Now the question is posed What if Congress denied the President the right for surveillance?

[Pukin Dog]

Biden is coming right up to the edge of discussing other programs. I believe this is the purjury trap they had hoped to set up. Obviously we have other programs with other activities.

[prairiebreeze]

Has anybody brought up the physical searches that Clinton ordered without any warrants?

No?

[Peach]

Biden: Is the president not listening to calls between AQ in this country for public relations?

Thanks Biden - you're making our case for us.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Capital News banner on SPAN saying Maussaui(sp?) was ejected from the courtroom because of outbursts.....

[conservativebabe]

and further jeopardizing the lives of Americans.

[Peach]

That would have been a great answer!

We're having our gutters cleaned and the hose and guy is making so much noise I can barely hear this testimony!

[old_sage_says]

Biden's name is too much like bin Laden. I don't trust that scum. I don't care for his tone. I can't stand the sight of him. He makes me sick.

[maggief]

[bonfire]

Wish he had tried to escape......

[Gritty]

Now Biden is trying to get the # of people at the NSA who are working on this program...

[bonfire]

Ditto what you said. For me, it started with Clarence Thomas.....

[Carolinamom]

Was there a Congressional declaration of war when clinton used up our missiles on the aspirin factory (killing an innocent janitor) during his impeachment hearings? Just asking. ha

[Pukin Dog]

You will notice that every Democrat (since this is all about the coming election) will go to great lengths to talk about what they did, where they were, how they participated in.....

[Peach]

This is one of the reasons I'd like this entire hearing to be held in private session.

[bonfire]

They want it on the record.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Has Specter made any idiotic statements yet?

[Pukin Dog]

Is the president not listening to calls between AQ in this country for public relations?

We probably are in programs that have not been leaked yet. Biden knows this, and is trying to find a way to get it out there without leaking it. He wants the media to draw inference.