"On Capitol Hill, Republican Senator Arlen Specter has announced he will not subpoena phone company executives to talk about their roles in the National Security Agency’s domestic spy program. Specter is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. On Tuesday, he said he agreed to put off the subpoenas after the White House offered to cooperate with his legislation that would seek a federal review of the surveillance program. Specter said he couldn’t make the executives talk because a company lawyer and Vice President Dick Cheney said they could not discuss classified information. Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy responded: "Why don't we just recess for the rest of the year? Vice President Cheney will just tell the nation what laws we'll have.""
"In a move bound to ruffle feathers at Turtle Bay, the American ambassador, John Bolton, yesterday advocated mass resignations by the top appointees who run the United Nations bureaucracy, so a new secretary-general, who is scheduled to assume office at the beginning of next year, could pick his own team."
The program is too secret for FISA court oversight and Judiciary Committee oversight. Right. No reason to be suspicious there.
“It’s an angle that you haven’t heard about yet,” he (Tice) said. He would not discuss with a reporter the details of his allegations, saying doing so would compromise classified information and put him at risk of going to jail. He said he “will not confirm or deny” if his allegations involve the illegal use of space systems and satellites.Link
Yep. Nothing to worry about. Bush Co. just doesn't want to give Al Qaeda an edge.
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How do closed session hearings help Al Qaeda?
The program is too secret for FISA court oversight and Judiciary Committee oversight. Right. No reason to be suspicious there.
“It’s an angle that you haven’t heard about yet,” he (Tice) said. He would not discuss with a reporter the details of his allegations, saying doing so would compromise classified information and put him at risk of going to jail. He said he “will not confirm or deny” if his allegations involve the illegal use of space systems and satellites. Link
Yep. Nothing to worry about. Bush Co. just doesn't want to give Al Qaeda an edge.
perhaps obl has listening devices in SCIFs
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