Statement by Former Vice President Al Gore

[dajoki]

Statement by Former Vice President Al Gore
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>From USNewswire http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=59370


WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by former
Vice President Al Gore:

"The Administration's response to my speech illustrates perfectly the need
for a special counsel to review the legality of the NSA wiretapping
program. The Attorney General is making a political defense of the
President without even addressing the substantive legal questions that
have so troubled millions of Americans in both political parties.

"There are two problems with the Attorney General's effort to focus
attention on the past instead of the present Administration's behavior.
First, as others have thoroughly documented, his charges are factually
wrong. Both before and after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was
amended in 1995, the Clinton/Gore Administration complied fully and
completely with the terms of the law.

"Second, the Attorney General's attempt to cite a previous
administration's activity as precedent for theirs -- even though factually
wrong -- ironically demonstrates another reason why we must be so vigilant
about their brazen disregard for the law. If unchecked, their behavior
would serve as a precedent to encourage future presidents to claim these
same powers, which many legal experts in both parties believe are clearly
illegal.

"The issue, simply put, is that for more than four years, the executive
branch has been wiretapping many thousands of American citizens without
warrants in direct contradiction of American law. It is clearly wrong and
disrespectful to the American people to allow a close political associate
of the president to be in charge of reviewing serious charges against him.

"The country needs a full and independent investigation into the facts and
legality of the present Administration's program."


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Transcript: Al Gore On the Limits of Executive Power
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by Al Gore http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Text_of_Gore_speech_0116.html

[AtomicKitten]

1. oops, dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2374586&mesg_id=2374586

[dajoki]

3. missed it, sorry n/t

[babylonsister]

2. Former? You can't take that away from him! nt

[Apollo11]

4. www.algore.org

Check out this website and forum for Gore supporters: www.algore.org

Registration is free, and it's a good way to show your support for Al Gore.

In Gore We Trust :)

[WearyOne2]

5. Gore for President !..oh that's right..he already is

[Uncle Joe]

6. Thanks for posting dajoki.

Kicked and nominated.

:kick:

[welshTerrier2]

7. has any other Democrat supported Gore's call for a "special counsel"??

the central theme of Gore's speech was that bush broke the law "repeatedly and insistently" ... the remedy Gore is seeking is the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the allegations ...

has any Democrat supported Gore's call for a special counsel?????

[dajoki]

8. they are afraid n/t

[AZBlue]

9. Damn, he's good! (nt)