Specter set to fight on White House spy plot
MSNBC
06/11/06
The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman says he's prepared to force telephone company executives to testify about the White House's eavesdropping program if the Bush administration doesn't fully cooperate in drafting new rules on what's allowable. 'If we don't get some results, I’m prepared to go back to demand hearings and issue subpoenas if necessary,' Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said Sunday on CNN's 'Late Edition.' Specter said he was more hopeful, after talking Thursday with Vice President Dick Cheney, that committee hearings and subpoenas could be avoided... [editor's note: What is this "drafting new rules" stuff? The FIRST step is prosecuting the thugs, not trying to find a way to give them legally what they took illegally - TLK]
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13262308/
06/11/06
The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman says he's prepared to force telephone company executives to testify about the White House's eavesdropping program if the Bush administration doesn't fully cooperate in drafting new rules on what's allowable. 'If we don't get some results, I’m prepared to go back to demand hearings and issue subpoenas if necessary,' Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said Sunday on CNN's 'Late Edition.' Specter said he was more hopeful, after talking Thursday with Vice President Dick Cheney, that committee hearings and subpoenas could be avoided... [editor's note: What is this "drafting new rules" stuff? The FIRST step is prosecuting the thugs, not trying to find a way to give them legally what they took illegally - TLK]
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13262308/
rudkla - 12. Jun, 16:05
