Spying on the American People not so cool anymore. Senators wary of Bush's wiretap proposal.

[ck4829]

Citing FBI abuses and the attorney general's troubles, senators peppered top Justice and intelligence officials Tuesday with skeptical questions about their proposal to revise the rules for spying on Americans.

Senate Intelligence Committee members said the Bush administration must provide more information about its earlier domestic spying before it can hope to gain additional powers for the future.

"Is the administration's proposal necessary, or does it take a step further down a path that we will regret as a nation?" asked Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-V.Wa., as he convened a rare public hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee he chairs.

For two hours, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein and their lawyers tried to parry increasingly dubious and hostile questions. They deferred many answers to a committee session closed to the public.

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[salin]

1. s*cks to have lost all credibility - and to actually be called on it.

cry me a river for these folks.

[Edweird]

2. I am glad they aren't rubber stamping this crap. However....

Anybody that has two braincells to rub together should be waaayyy past "wary" and well into open hostility/torch and pitchfork territory. I am still waiting for the "big move" from the left. I am still underwhelmed. Impeach.Convict.Incarcerate. Repeat as necessary until we clean out those lying traitors.