SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE hearing now: Leahy opener a stunner

"I have never seen a time when our civil liberties were more under attack by our own government."

Webcast URL is here: http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2473

Is it on C-SPAN?

EVISCERATED it!

:woohoo: go leahy

what is it with linksys routers that always causes the router to hang on certain real audio files?

playing moderate.

"It's a little hard to see why it took so long." <-- Oh, sure, THAT's the issue.. :eyes:

for what he did for the US Attorneys.

nothing to see here folks, move along... :sarcasm:

...and right off the bat.

Man, he is dry as hell as a speaker, but at least going the right direction, IMO.

that allows Gonzales to replace US Atorneys without oversight from Congress.

Are they going to ask questions or just lecture him? :shrug:

Good for Leahy!

Buzz zzz, wooo hooo yoowwweeee.

:eyes:

Its about time

Thank you Senator Leahy! Under oath! FINALLY!

like that will matter....

Leahy now asking audience not to demonstrate; notes that you can be blocking others who want to hear. Very smart of him.

Giving his statement now.

:eyes: :puke:

...I just want to reach out at the real player screen and pop his head off like the head of a pimple.

:puke:

So his license to practice law can be yanked.

So it's likely to remain September 12th for them forever.

in fact I suspect he will feel violated at the end of the day just as sure as we do now.
torture boy is already trying to change the focus

their questions ready, and they are not going to be about online prescriptions, or immigration reform...

I just don't get it. If he is so concerned about online preditors, why hasn't he brought charges against Foley yet? THAT would send a message Alberto. Otherwise, STFU!

The Internet is for porn
All these guys unzip their flies
For porn, porn, porn.

:singing:

:evilgrin:

Why was I not informed?!

Somewhere Mark Foley is laughing his ass off. :eyes:

wonder if that includes Repuke congressmen and those that protect them.

He is asking the committee to help him protect children against online abuse from sexual predators?

Like ~~ HELLO, ALBERTO???? Do you realize WHY you are sitting in the hot seat?

Yesterday he said he would only look for nominees who would defer to executive. What a sicko.

go for the throat....

All that internet babble did you no good Alberto! :rofl:

...Leahy has it back on track...the signing statements.

Answer it now Alberto.....

re: opening mail signing statement.

You can hear it in his voice.

this hearing? Can't believe that C-Span is bailing on some of the most important hearings of our times.

Just a thought. try to find link from main page.

crashing from all the people who want to hear this. Just a guess.

anyone with me?

Myabe try again.

But we scan it thru an x-ray machine, I'm SURE.

...the mail is not being opened.

But listen carefully: NO ONGOING conduct. Ummmm...and not that he is aware of .... looking for deniability and someway to insulate himself.

left after this hearing....

..out the bottom of the door when he leaves.

Thank gawd.

while lying through his teeth. :grr:

LEahy rightly cut him off several times asking "Shouldn't you know this?""Shouldn't you HAVE looked into this?""Isn't this within your normal job duties?"

Gonzo is as relevant as Condi

with the big drop....Let his head roll across the floor. Surely he is deserving?

Gonzo says he wants to take that back to his "principal." What.Ever.

Maybe Fitz will give Cheney an absence permit to attend the Gonzales show.

Yep, that about sums it up!

FISA court to get authorization. When the letter clearly said they went to court BEFORE the first press accounts.

They deserve to get that order from the court... Go Leahy....

That statement from Gonzales about the court opinion???

Man, did Leahy catch him! Woooohoooooooo!!!!

:cheer:

http://kpfa.org/

You are an angel

:rofl:

...the 100+ page letter dropped off on them on the morning of the hearing...Gonzo just ADMITTED there was NO excuse for doing that!

...and he is NOT a friend of Gonzales. On the DOD doing stuff exclusively under the jurisdiction of the FBI.

G: As soon as I can
S: How 'bout tomorrow?
G: As soon as I can
S: How 'bout tomorrow?
G: (snickers) As soon as I can

...just cut him off and basically told him to cut the BS! :wow:

Specter's not happy that they dropped 187pg memo on them just before the hearing.

I will come back soon Senator.... Can you come back tomorrow Mr. Gonzales? I will come back soon Senator.... Can you come back tomorrow Mr. Gonzales? I will come back soon Senator....

and missed it...

I told C-span the hearing site was crowded w/users and a lot of people are upset - and that it's a truly explosive hearing to boot - and they should cover it live.

edit for typo

I think i'm gonna have a politicsgasm.

:wow:

This is plainly lowballing the american people, and cheating them out of JUSTICE.

I want to see this man SQUASHED SO FLAT, that they can stick him in an envelope and mail him back to him mom in Mexico.

FLAT enough to be a Beer Label on one of Bush's Bottles.

Flatter than WILEY COYOTE.

We deserve to SEE THIS PUBLICLY. What is up with C-Span?

Are they Covering for BUSH now?

I remember I had to fly from Hawaii to Washington to film the Downing Street Minutes since C-SPAN was refusing to cover it, as were other media outlets, and then once I got there I had to FIGHT my way IN to film it. Am I going to have to get the Camera OUT again and fly to DC to make sure people are getting the REAL STORY? :)

Don't make me come there you fuckers. :)

202-737-3220

One wonders if they are going to excise any potential perjury from their transcripts & video later due to governmental pressure.

I will call, but later, I'm in Hawaii and have been up all night - I get to sleep while all the FUN is going on :)

Appreciate the Number.. I think I'll post it on our site TAKEBACKTHEMEDIA.COM and see if I can get some FLOW going in that direction.

This is CENSORSHIP. Pure and SImple.

While Gonzo is Under Oath :) LOL! Good one..

and we are seeing the opening shots.

Leahy made a big deal in his opening saying that this was a public hearing. I think he mentioned it being televised, and it is at least available on the internet.

I just found this out from Tahitinut on another thread. Why it isn't on C-Span 3 I have no idea

:applause:

You're da man, symbolman!
:applause:

:popcorn:

...this is beginning to look like a blood letting ... and NOW Kennedy is up! And...into the Iraqi war.

Oh, boy, need more coffee and popcorn!

might aswell throw those in why we are at it?

Gonzales.. Gonzales has wiped his ass with our Constitution....

when it comes to escalation of war...

...and Kennedy cut him off! LOVE IT!!!

And then Gonzo tried to deflect the question on Iran...and Ted brought him back to it.

BS from Gonzo.....and Kennedy brought him back to the issue AGAIN.

Go, Ted, go!

certainly not one that belongs in this government. I guess Gonzales is so used to having a GOP congress yes men around. Can Congress fire him or is that up to POTUS?

sounds like Kennedy.

talking about war powers.

Congress can limit scope of president's war power.

Gonzales not prepared to answer the speaker's question.
Ha Ha. things get kind of murky according to gonzales
concerning bush's ability to be an unlimited dictator.

He should know from murk, the swamp-dwelling troglodyte. :channelling malloy:

Gonzales says if Iran attacks us, then bush has right to declare war.
Hence, the need to goad Iran into doing something stupid.

(Like around 4pm)

Alvie seems to be setting up the idea of a hypothetical attack by Iran. Ted isn't falling for it. He wants to know if Alvie thinks Prez has authorization.

:popcorn:

In a time of war, don't you know the President becomes the dictator....:sarcasm:

Might be time to make another pot of coffee

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Mods, please lock this thread, thanks

...well, it is about time Gonzo got this shoved in his face.

And Gonzo says....stutter, stutter...

...and then makes NO sense, but saying this is being done to "protect the country."

:puke:

The only thing missing is "after 9/11"

mission accomplished?

Softball pitching motherfucker.

Too bad this is not viewable by the general public. This means that only people with a PC and knowledge of the link will have access to this information. The people who watch tv will be blissfully innocent of the questions and answers. I don't like it.