IT GETS PERSONAL: SENATOR SPECTOR SLAMS CHENEY

IT GETS PERSONAL: SENATOR SLAMS CHENEY
FOR WALKING PAST HIM ON WIRETAPS...

Senator slams Cheney for lobbying Congress on wiretaps

RAW STORY
Published: Wednesday June 7, 2006

In a terse and highly unusual letter to Vice President Cheney, Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today rejected the Bush administration’s insistence that a secret wire tapping program being conducted on U.S. civilians by the National Security Agency is legal, complaining that efforts by the White House to stonewall Congressional inquiries into the program “denigrates the constitutional authority and responsibility of the Congress and specifically the Judiciary Committee to conduct oversight on constitutional issues," ROLL CALL reports Wednesday.


Specter’s anger peaked Tuesday after he learned that Cheney had been lobbying Republican members of the committee to “oppose any Judiciary Committee hearing, even a closed one” that involved telephone companies that have cooperated with the NSA. “I was surprised, to the say the least, that you sought to influence, really determine, the action of the Committee without calling me first, or at least calling me at some point,” Specter wrote in the letter, adding that “this was especially perplexing since we both attended the Republicans Senators caucus lunch yesterday and I walked directly in front of you on at least two occasions en route from the buffet to my table.”

Specter has authored legislation to require the NSA program be brought under the jurisdiction of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which would require wire taps be signed off on by a judge prior to being initiated.

Specter warned Cheney that this stonewalling must end and that “if an accommodation cannot be reached ... The Judiciary Committee will consider confronting the issue with subpoenas and enforcement of that compulsory process if it appears that a majority vote will be forthcoming.”

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Sphincter ain't didley!

He doesn't have to become a Dem. He could become an Independent.

an unpatriotic corporate worm

critical moment, he deflates.

That explains his cheeks. :rofl:

Spector is just mad that Gfy cheney didn't salute him. I do dig the idea that he wants to put the tampering under control.

I hope somebody goes after sneaky dick. He should be subpoenaed just for GP.

You gotta think - if you are a moderate, you are changing party affiliations right now.

Joe

subpoenas and enforcement of that compulsory process
immediately..you Spector have failed the people..and our constitution and our nation by abdicating your job..and your responsibility!

screw you Spector..you screwed my country for me, my childen, and the future generations of this once great nation..i hope you rot in hell for what you have done!

fly

Specter is a grandstander and a coward. Anything he does that might fool someone into thinking he's got his constituents' best interests in mind is all for show.

Nothing.

He won't do JACK SHIT, because he's all blow and no go, just like the rest of his boneless GOPhucklican colleagues.

Lampreys have more spine than Specter.

....administration. Oh, isn't that precious!!:sarcasm:

Acting "surprised" is one thing, following it up with real Senate guts now is quite another matter. Guess time will tell how stiff Specter's backbone truly is.

His constant bending over for the Bush administration will go down in history books under "Profiles in Cowardice."

What cajones that Specter has! I bet Cheney is freaking out! :sarcasm:

He had his chance to do something. He blew it. A feigned outrage letter won't fix it.

dog. He's the only one left who expects that your actions will have anything at all to do with your words.

...zzzZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzz....

Put Arlen on "ignore"

He ain't worth the effort

Cool.

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/images/06/07/cheney.pdf

subpoening the phone companies

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http://movies.crooksandliars.com/CaffertyFile_Specter_GutlessWorm.wmv

these people are so transparent. All you have to do, is pay attention.

Gee, two trips...

You'd think they wouldn't have something as proletarian as a buffet at a Republican function, would you?

shut up or put up you poser!

This is Specter's modus operandi. He get's pissed and incensed about the administration's pro-dictatorship moves and makes a lot of noise, but soon thereafter he backs down ON ALL ISSUES SO FAR.

Specter is an assclown. His posturing against King Chimp is nothing more than fluff meant to increase his own bona fides in the Senate.

J