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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-23-06 02:49 PM
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"If you want the law changed, come to Congress and change it but don't ign



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Levin insisted that the law that established the multiagency panel specifically said that any such review should be lengthened by 45 days if it could have an impact on national security.

Levin, raising his voice at the briefing, told Kimmitt, "If you want the law changed, come to Congress and change it but don't ignore it."

Kimmitt responded, "We didn't ignore the law. Concerns were raised. They were resolved."

Warner then jumped in to assure Levin that he would ask Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to prepare a memorandum on the administration's interpretation of the law............

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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-23-06 02:50 PM
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1. another example of WH/his departs interpreting laws their own way.
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ChiciB1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-23-06 02:59 PM
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2. I Think Kimmett Answer Was... We didn't Ignore The Law We
just interpreted it differently! AWESOME, don't ya think??

So what else is new?? This IS the way "the corrupt ones" operate at every turn of the page!

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