Comments on: FISA House Session on CSPAN — Open Thread

By: broadbrush

broadbrush — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:37:15 +0000

The request for a secret session should not have been granted.Representatives have secure facilities to view any info that the administration wishes to put forth.It is another ploy put forth on the eve of an important vote which offers insufficient time to investigate whatever is put forth.More weapons of mass destruction and pardons for violators of the 4th amendment.

By: sunshine

sunshine — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:19:52 +0000

I expect them to try very hard to scare us for the next 8 months. Just like they did after 911. Watch the color alerts on Faux fake news tv.

By: sunshine

sunshine — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:14:59 +0000

Soon he’ll be moving and it doesn’t want to make a stop at the local prison.

By: sunshine

sunshine — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:54:52 +0000

Is the closed meeting to show fake documents or because it’s easier to black mail a small number of people as opposed to the entire house?

By: bigbrother

bigbrother — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:49:14 +0000

Hi Fern:
She does not have the right to chose what is required by thr Constituion.
The PROCESS determines guilt or innocence through an investigation with more powers than the DOJ for supeona, Executive priveledge gas been used by WH

By: CTuttle

CTuttle — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:14:46 +0000

TPMMuckraker posted Rush Holt’s take on the Secret Session…

Update: And here’s Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), a member of the intelligence committee, who’s similarly skeptical:

“I believe in the use of secret sessions in the House when they are intended to truly educate members on the issues and provide them with valuable classified information. Secret sessions should not be used as a cynical, delaying tactic to block the House from voting on critical legislation that would strengthen our intelligence collection efforts and protect the American people from warrantless surveillance. I will be interested to see if Mr. Boehner truly has new classified information on this program to share with members of the House, and I will seek the opportunity to inform my colleagues of what I have learned about this program and the President’s actions in this matter.”

By: sangemon

sangemon — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:55:58 +0000

adios!

By: tw3k

tw3k — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:53:30 +0000

I just hit a wall, gunna turn in. Thanks for hanging out for the first EVA of STS-123!

By: Quebecois

Quebecois — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:53:30 +0000

Damn, got to go, first time I was doing this live. Mind blowing stuff and images. Sangemon and tw3k, a pleasure and enjoy.

Signing off from Montreal.

By: Quebecois

Quebecois — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:49:10 +0000

they don’t want to lose a tool, that was a close call