Schumer Seeks Motive in U.S. Spy Probe
The investigation into leaks about a domestic spying program should determine whether the motivation was damaging security or revealing a potentially illegal activity, a Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday.
“There are differences between felons and whistleblowers, and we ought to wait ’til the investigation occurs to decide what happened,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
Schumer, while supporting a leak investigation, questioned shifting the focus from the administration policy to the person who revealed the information to the press.
“To simply divert this whole thing to just looking at the leaker and saying everything else is just fine is typical of this administration,” he said.
Schumer sent a letter Sunday to Specter asking that he call to testify current and former administration officials, including Comey, Ashcroft, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and White House chief of state Andrew Card. He asked that Specter join him in requesting the administration to waive any executive privilege in connection with their testimony.
Well Chuck, everything else is fine. There were no laws broken by the administration. The only laws broken were done by the ‘leaker’.
Could Schumer be protecting his constituent, Rockefeller? Or maybe he knows that the resignation of Judge Richardson is not looking like they wanted it too? I find it odd that this judge resigned in protest, retained an attorney and has nothing scheduled on his docket!
January 2, 2006 - 07:24 AM on January 2nd, 2006
CHUCK SCHUMER, ONE-ARMED PLUMBER
I had a “See, I told you so” moment yesterday morning watching Sen. Chuck Schumer on Fox News Sunday attempt to excuse the NYT/NSA leaks. First, watch Schumer spin when Chris Wallace asks him about the DOJ criminal investigation into…
January 2, 2006 - 11:45 AM on January 2nd, 2006
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January 2, 2006 - 11:54 AM on January 2nd, 2006
I personally don’t care what the leakers motivations were. He/she endangered the lives of millions of Americans. I think that all of the friends and families of anyone who died on 9/11 should contact these lunatic Democratic Congressmen and Senators and ask them to explain why they are trying to make it easier for Al Quaeda terrorists to conduct more attacks in this country. Force these Democrats to admit that their political aspirations are more important to them than the lives of their constituents.
I want Chucky to go down to Ground Zero and explain to his constituents why he’s opposed to the US Intelligence community eavesdropping on INTERNATIONAL calls between KNOWN AL QUAEDA MEMBERS overseas and suspected Al Quaeda members already in the US. While he’s at it have him take Jamie Gorelick with him to explain why Able Danger wasn’t allowed to share the intel they had that identified Mohammed Atta as being a known terrorist and in this country planning an attack with the FBI. Hell, even Louis Freeh said what he has seen of it was actionable intelligence, at least enough to warrant surveillence and investigation.
Make Babs Boxer go to the podium and explain to the families on those flights from Boston to LA why it’s so damn important to insure that terrorists have 4th, 5th and 8th amendment protections when international law says that they are entitled to only 5th amendment rights, legal counsel and a military tribunal followed by an execution or life in prison.
Let Jay Rockefeller explain to the families of the people killed in the Pentagon why his political aspirations are more important than stopping another attack.
I think it’s time we take these Democratic weasels to task. Dean has flat out stated they have no intention of stating a platform because they feel that as the “Opposition Party” they don’t have to. I know why this moron got into politics. With that kind of logic, would you really want him being your family doctor or performing surgery on you or a family member. I can see it now. “Yes, I know only the left leg was damaged in the accident, but we cut off the right one as well so that it would be more balanced.”
January 2, 2006 - 12:37 PM on January 2nd, 2006
FAO- don’t you think that since ‘Deep Throat’, more and more people think they will become the next one? People forgot that the man broke the law in his actions. They also forget that he was convicted of the very crime that he accused Nixon of doing. Now GWB has no business spying on another politician for political gain, but terrorists are another story. His actions are legal and that of the ‘leaker’ is not.
January 2, 2006 - 06:41 PM on January 2nd, 2006
How can you say that Bush’s actions were legal, when they were against the wishes of Congress, and also you don’t actually know who was spied on? That just doesn’t make any sense.
I suppose you could say “we don’t know if they went too far, because their actions were all classified” … but to just assume they didn’t do anything wrong, that in bypassing all oversight they didn’t give in to temptation, seems … let’s say optimistic, if not ludicrous.
January 2, 2006 - 06:49 PM on January 2nd, 2006
dude where do you get that this went against the wishes of Congress? Certain Congressional leaders are on the committee overseeing the program. In fact Pete Hoekstra, from my state has spoken in favor of the program and says he has been briefed every 45 days. The POTUS has the power via the COTUS to authorize these wiretaps.
January 2, 2006 - 10:56 PM on January 2nd, 2006
but also understand this nation for over 50 years has had a domestic spying program and if the federal government wanted to stop illegal activity all its got to do is go down on the Mexican border and start acting like a government but that will never happen because big money would not like it.:roll:
January 3, 2006 - 09:41 AM on January 3rd, 2006
why the rush to become Nazi Germany ? Is it that you admire the uniforms ?
January 3, 2006 - 10:13 AM on January 3rd, 2006
Schumer the egotistical big mouth when is he going to ave face by keeping his big fat piehole closed?:razz: