Specter to Shepherd Bills..."They want to do just as they please"

[Roland99]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060323/ap_on_go_co/specter_eavesdropping

WASHINGTON - A vocal Republican critic of the Bush administration's eavesdropping program will preside over Senate efforts to write the program into law, but he was pessimistic Wednesday that the White House wanted to listen.

"They want to do just as they please, for as long as they can get away with it," Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I think what is going on now without congressional intervention or judicial intervention is just plain wrong."

Specter was one of the first Republicans to publicly question the National Security Agency's authority to monitor international calls — when one party is inside the United States — without first getting court approval. Under the program first disclosed last year, the NSA has been conducting the surveillance when calls and e-mails are thought to involve al-Qaida.

Earlier this month, Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., expressed interest in handling NSA legislation.

Specter blew his chance to shine by not putting Gonzo under oath.

[Erika]

1. Damn Specter. He helped this country become a dictatorship

The WH scared him to pieces when they threatened to remove him from the judicial committee.

Now he's acting as an American? Damn him and the GOP sheeple who are destroying this country.

[killerbush]

2. Sorry buddy, beat you to the story

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/killerbush