DEAN:Fighting Terrorism and Protecting America

[kpete]

DNC Chairman Howard Dean on NBC Today Show
January 26, 2006

Washington, DC - This morning, DNC Chairman Howard Dean sat down with NBC's Katie Couric on the Today Show to discuss several important issues facing the American people and their priorities.



Fighting Terrorism and Protecting America
"Democrats support the idea that we ought to spy on terrorists. And, we support the idea that we need to eavesdrop from time to time. But we also believe that the President ought to obey the law. The law says that if you have an emergency reason to spy on Americans, you can go ahead and do it. But you've got to justify it with the court afterwards. We don't think this President, who has a habit of putting himself above the law, ought to be able to do this when he is spying on American."

"We all believe that we ought to be spying on Al-Qaeda, but we don't believe you ought to spy on American citizens without some kind of third party looking at this. That's what makes the difference between America and other countries like Iran, where the government can do anything they damn well please. We need to obey the law."

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/01/dnc_chairman_ho_9.php

[mzmolly]

1. K& R.

:toast: to our good chairman.

[JDPriestly]

2. Excellent