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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 08:58:02 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Atkinson, Robert" <rca53 () columbia edu> Date: June 7, 2006 8:42:25 AM EDT To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com Subject: RE: [IP] Senate Won't Question Telecoms About NSA Spying Does the same sentiment re Sen. Specter apply equally to Sen. Feinstein? The same article also said: "... Sen. Dianne Feinstein -- an Intelligence Committee member who said she'd been briefed "very thoroughly" on the program -- said she agreed with Chairman Specter's decision. "I don't know what would be served by issuing a subpoena here," she said. "It seems to me that the Intelligence Committee, having reviewed that program, knows what questions to ask, and they cannot be asked in open session." Or is there a double standard? Bob -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 3:12 AM To: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: [IP] Senate Won't Question Telecoms About NSA Spying Begin forwarded message: From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com> Date: June 7, 2006 3:07:44 AM EDT To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com Cc: ghicks () cadence com Subject: Senate Won't Question Telecoms About NSA Spying Reply-To: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com> Dave: For IP if you desire. ----------------------------- How very disappointing. When Jack Cafferty said on CNN: "We all hope nothing happens to Arlen Specter, the Republican head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cause he might be all that stands between us and a full blown dictatorship in this country. He's vowed to question these phone company executives about volunteering to provide the government with my telephone records, and yours, and tens of millions of other Americans." [ref: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/2006/05/quote-of-day-3-jack-cafferty.html] Tonight on CNN (in response to the news below), Jack called Specter "another Republican worm" for going back on his word. I couldn't agree more. When Sen. Specter originally said that he would get to the bottom of this issue, I thanked my lucky stars that there seemed to be some integrity on Capitol Hill. Now, I'm sorely disappointed. Anne Broache writes on C|Net News: [snip] A prominent Republican senator on Tuesday backed away from his pledge to question executives from telecommunications companies that have allegedly been cooperating with the government's secret wiretapping program. Arlen Specter said that after discussions with the Bush administration and Senate Intelligence Committee colleagues who had been more fully briefed on the National Security Agency program, he was "prepared to defer on a temporary basis" requiring representatives from AT&T, Verizon Communications and BellSouth to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he leads. [snip] A sad state of affairs. More here: http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6080646.html Disgusted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as rca53 () columbia edu To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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