Reply #19: Oregonians need to contact Smith. He's a repuke but he knows he [View All]

could be vulnerable. I emailed him today:

Since President Bush knew the New York Times was going to release the story about the wiretaps, if it was truly a matter of "national security" he could have stopped them.

Democrats, Independents (I am a registered independent) and true conservatives in this state are absolutely outraged that our government has been spying on American citizens. It is going to come out who he spied on and why.

Per the KATU poll that was conducted in the last couple of days, Oregonians, even before we know exactly what has gone on and why, DO NOT SUPPORT SPYING ON AMERICANS WITHOUT A COURT ORDER. The results of the poll which asked "should the president be allowed to spy on "suspected terrorists" without a warrant", were 63% NO. Once they find out that in fact, this was not suspected terrorists but many others as well, the outrage will grow.

Do not try to cover this up. You must stand up and support an independent counsel to examine why the President abused his power.

As Chuck Hagel said, you took an oath to defend the constitution of the United States, not to defend a President or a party.

http://gsmith.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home

Now, you must be loyal to that oath.