Boxer rips into NSA at Mills graduation & says it is time to leave Iraq

Article Last Updated: 5/14/2006 03:50 AM


Boxer rips into NSA at Mills graduation
Senator says U.S. security agency's phone spying must be halted
By William Brand, STAFF WRITER
Inside Bay Area

OAKLAND —
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"If our government begins spying on our telephone conversations without any reason, then the terrorists have already won — because we will have lost the essence of America. If we allow this to continue ... we will have lost what makes us free," Boxer said.

Later, Boxer, D-California, and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, spoke to reporters about the vast telephone project.

Lee said she intends to introduce a resolution of inquiry in Congress. "We want to know whose phones were involved and we want the administration to give us reasons for that," she said. "The problem is, we justdon't know what the facts are right now and we need answers."

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"Gen. Hayden has a lot of questions to answer; we have to be very challenging," Boxer said.

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Asked about the Iraq war, Boxer said America needs to withdraw, starting by sending National Guard troops home to their families and jobs. "The fact is, our presence in Iraq now is nonproductive. Our presence is feeding the insurgency."

When you have Iraqis saying it is better that you leave, it is time to go, she said.


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