FEINGOLD: "It Could Not Be Clearer...This President BROKE THE LAW"

FEINGOLD: "It Could Not Be Clearer...This President BROKE THE LAW"

"...it could not be clearer that this program broke the law, and this President broke the law. Not only that, but this administration affirmatively misled Congress and the American people about it for years before it finally became public."
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"If Congress short-circuits these lawsuits, we will have lost a prime opportunity to finally achieve accountability for these years of law-breaking. That's why the administration has been fighting so hard for this immunity. It knows that the cases that have been brought directly against the government face much more difficult procedural barriers, and are unlikely to result in rulings on the merits."

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"I sit on the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, and I am one of the few members of this body who has been fully briefed on the warrantless wiretapping program. And, based on what I know, I can promise that if more information is declassified about the program in the future, as is likely to happen either due to the Inspector General report, the election of a new President, or simply the passage of time, members of this body will regret that we passed this legislation. I am also familiar with the collection activities that have been conducted under the Protect America Act and will continue under this bill. I invite any of my colleagues who wish to know more about those activities to come speak to me in a classified setting. Publicly, all I can say is that I have serious concerns about how those activities may have impacted the civil liberties of Americans. If we grant these new powers to the government and the effects become known to the American people, we will realize what a mistake it was, of that I am sure."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howie-klein/blue-america-thanks-some_b_111919.html

Liberals should organize around Senator Feingold. DU Activist corp should focus on supporting him.

I am glad to see that some of our elected officials in Congress take their oath of office seriously.

I wish there were more like him.

WTF? Doesn't he mean lied? I love Feingold, but come on guys, speak English.

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As well as the AT&T whistleblower.

Both of their rhetoric seems to coincide.

It is clear that most Senators have no idea what the program has been, but voted to extend it anyways.

ASAP

:popcorn:

available to the telecoms that followed his directive.

Apparently.

Such good little Bushies, these Democrats.

as evidenced by the lack of accountability


Congress will just make it legal after-the-fact

but, it comes from the animated rock group, "The Rotten Fruit"

As to where you've seen it...wouldn't know.

They have their own website and their picture could show up anywhere.

Also, they were the special featurette on the DVD, "Cabin Fever"

Your kids are WAY to thin skinned.

I suggest replacing Obama with Feingold, one person has a panic attack and it's traumatic enough to get deleted

even before that person starts flapping around I also suggest replacing Reid with Feingold and it stays.

Moronic

aren't they still open to Criminal Law Suits? Can't the Pres. be charged with violating the FISA Law after he leaves office?

This country is broken.

The government is a self-sustaining tool of destruction against 'democracy' because its members will focus on a lie involving personal relationships but do nothing about mass fraud committed against its own people and the world affecting hundreds of millions lives.

This country is broken.

Nancy Pelosi -- she's the Speaker of the House who can put impeachment on the agenda: (202) 225-0100

John Conyers -- he's the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who can introduce impeachment: (202) 225-5126

Sorry, but failure to impeach is a far worse problem than any impotent FISA law.

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people over all these spying powers. Some know the law has been broken but decide to comprimise anyways.