***COMPILATION*** of links & DU threads on the historic 1/16 GORE SPEECH

[Nothing Without Hope]

For easier reference, especially in weeks to come, I've gathered a number of the important links and DU threads from today. There are video and audio files, transcript sites, DU threads, and a selection of artucles from the media. Feel free to add your own favorites if they aren't here. I'll also post a plain text-formatted version of this opening post in a reply so that the full-length URLs are visible.

Transcript and summary of Gore Speech:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x153319
thread title (1-16-06 GD): AL GORE TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY'S SPEECH >>>>>

Raw Story also has the transcript here:
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Text_of_Gore_speech_0116.html

Reuters has a summary of the speech here:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-01-16T201033Z_01_SCH368338_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-EAVESDROPPING.xml

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AUDIO recordings of Gore Speech:

Can-o-Fun has it in its entirety (MP3):
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/gorebushspypostjan1606.mp3

bpilgrim posted a different mp3 link in this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x153372
thread title (1-12-06 GD): Gore's POWERFUL Constitutional Crisis speech ---------------- > mp3
Direct link to this mp3:
http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/gore/2006/01/16/Gore_Constitutional_Crisis-01-16-06.96.mp3

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VIDEO recordings of Gore Speech:

CSPAN link to streaming video of the entire speech in Real Media format (1 hr 7 min):
rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/ter/ter011606_gore.rm

Crooks and Liars has a “highlights” video clip in Windows and QuickTime posted here:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/01/16.html#a6728

Can-o-Fun (maintained by DU’s liveoaktx) has a long series of video clips. Links to them appeared first in this DU thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x154487
For ready reference and convenience, here is a list of the Can-o-Fun Gore Speech video clips (Links in this section are directly to the video clips in Windows Media format, and the titles are those given at Can-o-Fun):



Gore Speech-Importance of this being Martin Luther King Day? (with regard to Bush spying):
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreMartinLutherKingSpying.asx

Gore Speech "The President is Breaking the Law":
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GorePresidentisbreakingthelaw.asx

Gore-A Government of Men and Not Law:
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/Gore-Government%20of%20Men%20and%20Not%20Law.asx

Gore-The President Spying and Congress involvement:
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GorePresidentandCongressSpying.asx

Gore on the Rule of Law:
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreRuleofLaw.asx

Gore-Time to Stand Up:
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreTimetoStandUp.asx

Gore-Fear as a Control Mechanism:
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreFearasControlMechanism.asx

Gore-Global Warming:
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreGlobalWarming.asx

Gore - Widespread Participation by the people- Bill of Rights:
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreWidespreadParticipationBillofRights.asx

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Liveblogging threads of Gore speech at DU:

Thread 1: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=151988&mesg_id=151988

Thread 2: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=152273&mesg_id=152273

Thread 3: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x152443

Thread 4: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=152626&mesg_id=152626

Thread 5: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=152924&mesg_id=152924

Thread 6: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x153117


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Response to the Gore speech

DU threads:

An eyewitness report:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2372122
thread title (1/16/06 GD-P): My report from Constitution Hall

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x155055
thread title (1-16-06 GD): Gore layed out a 5 point plan to fight with

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x156192
thread title (1-16-06 GD): No namby pamby beating around the bush...Gores speech went straight to the {heart of everything which we'e been crazed about.}

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x152320
thread title (1-16-06 GD): THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN BREAKING THE LAW

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2372477
thread title (1-16-06 GD-P): No Gore on PBS Newshour -- An Hour with NO NEWS!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x156647
thread title (1-16-06 GD): Ya Know That Feeling Of Inspiration and Motivation You Got Right Now? Well {don’t let it slip away}

Articles and media reports:

Edited VIDEO compilation at Can-o-Fun, including Mehlman and Schneider (Windows media):
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/Gorespeechreactionmehlmanschneider.asx

Superb report from Scoop, posted by autorank:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2372872
thread title (1-16-06 GD): GORE in DC--I was there, history was made---He ROCKED. Here's the article
Direct link to story: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0601/S00122.htm
Title of article: Al Gore’s Devastating Indictment of President Bush:
CALLS FOR SPECIAL COUNSEL
?Quiescent Congress and Judiciary Enabling Tyranny

New York Times (1/16/06):
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/politics/16cnd-gore.html
” Gore Is Sharply Critical of Bush Policy on Surveillance,” by VIKAS BAJAJ

CNN (1/16/06):
“Gore: Resist Bush's 'excessive power grab'
Former vice president calls for probe into warrantless wiretaps”
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/16/gore.constitution/index.html

AOL News (1/16/06):
“Gore Assails Domestic Wiretapping Program
Former Vice President Says Bush Repeatedly Broke Law”
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060116141909990004

Yahoo News (AP) (1/16/06):
“Gore Assails Domestic Wiretapping Program”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060116/ap_on_re_us/gore_domestic_spying_1
Posted in this DU thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x153464

Los Angeles Times (1/17/06:
“Gore Calls for an Investigation of Warrantless Spy Program
In his latest speech criticizing Bush, he says a special counsel should examine the issue.“
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gore17jan17,0,1301835.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews

Washington Post (1/17/06, page A3)
“Gore Says Bush Broke the Law With Spying
Warrantless Surveillance an Example of 'Indifference' to Constitution, He Charges”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/16/AR2006011600526.html

[IChing]

1. I'd edit out Reuters unless you want to support a bush hack.

"Reuters' Bush's man" Toby writes the story on Gore Speech for reuters

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=156167&mesg_id=156167

[Nothing Without Hope]

4. I don't think I included that one - but thanks for bringing this up.

The articles will vary in their take on the speech, but I think it's important to include them anyway. A clearly biassed article is something we should be aware of - and a prompting for a LTTE.

[Nothing Without Hope]

2. Repost of opening post in PLAIN TEXT format:

For easier reference, especially in weeks to come, I've
gathered a number of the important links and DU threads from
today.  There are video and audio files, transcript sites, DU
threads, and a selection of artucles from the media.  Feel
free to add your own favorites if they aren't here.  I'll also
post a plain text-formatted version of this opening post in a
reply so that the full-length URLs are visible.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/images/Al-Gore-MLK-day.jpg

[h1]Transcript and summary of Gore Speech: [/h1] 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x153319
thread title (1-16-06 GD):  [b] AL GORE TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY'S
SPEECH >>>>> [/b] 

Raw Story also has the transcript here:
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Text_of_Gore_speech_0116.html

Reuters has a [b]summary[/b] of the speech here:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-01-16T201033Z_01_SCH368338_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-EAVESDROPPING.xml

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[h1]AUDIO recordings of Gore Speech: [/h1] 
Can-o-Fun has it in its entirety (MP3):
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/gorebushspypostjan1606.mp3

bpilgrim posted a different mp3 link in this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x153372
thread title (1-12-06 GD):  [b] Gore's POWERFUL Constitutional
Crisis speech ---------------- > mp3 [/b]
Direct link to this mp3:
http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/gore/2006/01/16/Gore_Constitutional_Crisis-01-16-06.96.mp3

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[h1]VIDEO recordings of Gore Speech: [/h1] 

[b][u]CSPAN link to streaming video of the entire speech in
Real Media format (1 hr 7 min): [/b][/u] 
rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/ter/ter011606_gore.rm

[b]Crooks and Liars[/b] has a “highlights” video clip in
Windows and QuickTime posted here:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/01/16.html#a6728

[b] Can-o-Fun[/b] (maintained by DU’s liveoaktx) has a long
series of video clips. Links to them appeared first in this DU
thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x154487
[b][u] For ready reference and convenience, here is a list of
the Can-o-Fun Gore Speech video clips [/b][/u] (Links in this
section are directly to the video clips in Windows Media
format, and the titles are those given at Can-o-Fun): 

http://www.canofun.com/blog/gorejan1606.jpg

[b] Gore Speech-Importance of this being Martin Luther King
Day? (with regard to Bush spying): [/b] 
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreMartinLutherKingSpying.asx

[b] Gore Speech "The President is Breaking the Law":
[/b] 
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GorePresidentisbreakingthelaw.asx

[b] Gore-A Government of Men and Not Law: [/b] 
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/Gore-Government%20of%20Men%20and%20Not%20Law.asx

[b] Gore-The President Spying and Congress involvement: [/b] 
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GorePresidentandCongressSpying.asx

[b] Gore on the Rule of Law: [/b] 
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreRuleofLaw.asx

[b] Gore-Time to Stand Up: [/b] 
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreTimetoStandUp.asx

[b] Gore-Fear as a Control Mechanism: [/b] 
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreFearasControlMechanism.asx

[b] Gore-Global Warming: [/b] 
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreGlobalWarming.asx

[b] Gore - Widespread Participation by the people- Bill of
Rights: [/b] 
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreWidespreadParticipationBillofRights.asx

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[h1]Liveblogging threads of Gore speech at DU: [/h1] 
Thread 1:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=151988&mesg_id=151988

Thread 2:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=152273&mesg_id=152273

Thread 3:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x152443

Thread 4:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=152626&mesg_id=152626

Thread 5:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=152924&mesg_id=152924

Thread 6:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x153117


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[h1]Response to the Gore speech [/h1]
[h3][u]DU threads:[/h3][/u]
[b] An eyewitness report:[/b] 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2372122
thread title (1/16/06 GD-P):  [b] My report from Constitution
Hall [/b]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x155055
thread title (1-16-06 GD):  [b] Gore layed out a 5 point plan
to fight with [/b] 

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x156192
thread title (1-16-06 GD):  [b] No namby pamby beating around
the bush...Gores speech went straight to the {heart of
everything which we'e been crazed about.} [/b] 

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x152320
thread title (1-16-06 GD):  [b] THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES HAS BEEN BREAKING THE LAW [/b] 

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2372477
thread title (1-16-06 GD-P):  [b] No Gore on PBS Newshour --
An Hour with NO NEWS!!! [/b] 

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x156647
thread title (1-16-06 GD):  [b] Ya Know That Feeling Of
Inspiration and Motivation You Got Right Now? Well {don’t let
it slip away} [/b] 

[h3][u]Articles and media reports:[/h3][/u]
[b][u]Edited VIDEO compilation at Can-o-Fun, including Mehlman
and Schneider (Windows media):  [/b][/u] 
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/Gorespeechreactionmehlmanschneider.asx

[b][u]Superb report from Scoop, posted by autorank: [/b][/u]
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2372872
thread title (1-16-06 GD):  [b] GORE in DC--I was there,
history was made---He ROCKED. Here's the article [/b] 
Direct link to story:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0601/S00122.htm
Title of article:  [b] Al Gore’s Devastating Indictment of
President Bush:  
CALLS FOR SPECIAL COUNSEL
?Quiescent Congress and Judiciary Enabling Tyranny [/b]

[b][u]New York Times (1/16/06): [/b][/u]
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/politics/16cnd-gore.html
[b]” Gore Is Sharply Critical of Bush Policy on Surveillance,”
[/b] by VIKAS BAJAJ

[b][u]CNN (1/16/06): [/u] 
“Gore: Resist Bush's 'excessive power grab'
Former vice president calls for probe into warrantless
wiretaps” [/b] 
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/16/gore.constitution/index.html

[b][u]AOL News (1/16/06): [/u] 
“Gore Assails Domestic Wiretapping Program
Former Vice President Says Bush Repeatedly Broke Law” [/b]
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060116141909990004

[b][u]Yahoo News (AP) (1/16/06): [/u] 
“Gore Assails Domestic Wiretapping Program”[/b]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060116/ap_on_re_us/gore_domestic_spying_1
Posted in this DU thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x153464

[b][u]Los Angeles Times (1/17/06: [/u] 
“Gore Calls for an Investigation of Warrantless Spy Program
In his latest speech criticizing Bush, he says a special
counsel should examine the issue.“[/b]
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gore17jan17,0,1301835.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews

[b][u]Washington Post (1/17/06, page A3) ( [/u] 
“Gore Says Bush Broke the Law With Spying
Warrantless Surveillance an Example of 'Indifference' to
Constitution, He Charges”[/b]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/16/AR2006011600526.html

[IChing]

3. Good work I forgot to add

Tired and off to bed not being snarky, Thanks
but take a look at Reuters reporter and the links I gave on
her.

Good work!!

[Nothing Without Hope]

5. Another thread with links to CBS, MSNBC, and CNN articles:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x160749
thread title (1/17/06): Gore speech getting decent coverage on news sites:

[rodeodance]

10. recommended -and thank you.

[Journeyman]

6. Thank you. . .

I appreciate all your effort to make this available in such an easily accessible form.

[autorank]

7. First rate Hope--thanks for the kind words.

:hi:

[ReadTomPaine]

8. Kicked and recommended - I encourage others to do so. n/t

[livvy]

9. C-Span store offers a DVD or VHS of the speech also...

for those who would like a copy. $29.95.
http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=190733-1&zenid=090006ba08a1879f105e4b18852a88c8


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Product ID: 190733-1
Format: Speech
Event Date: January 16, 2006
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Last Aired: January 17, 2006
Length: 1 hour, 25 minutes

Sponsors:
American Constitution Society
Liberty Coalition

Appearances:
Gore, Albert - Vice President, United States

Summary:
Former Vice President Al Gore speaks about the threat posed by policies of the Bush administration to the Constitution and the checks and balances it created. The event is held in the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.

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$45.00 $29.95

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edited to add more info

[Surya Gayatri]

11. Try this site for UK press coverage...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/

GORE LAUNCHES BRUISING ATTACK ON BUSH

<snip>

"The strongly worded speech makes Mr Gore the most prominent political figure in America to weigh in on the wiretapping scandal. Mr Gore, who lost the 2000 election to Mr Bush following the intervention of the supreme court, also went further than other Democratic critics in accusing the president of wrongdoing."

Something you won't read in the US CORP MEDIA. SG

[DemReadingDU]

12. K&R

Thanks for all these great links!

[Nothing Without Hope]

13. Nasty CBS early show coverage of yesterday's speech:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x162235
thread title (1/17/06 GD): CBS early show covering Gore speech (video)

[Time for change]

14. Thank you for this great compilation

You should work for the MSM so that we could get some national coverage of this stuff.

[Nothing Without Hope]

15. kick n/t

[chat_noir]

16. thank you!

:yourock:

[Imperialism Inc.]

17. This should be duplicated in the research forum.

So I did just that ;-)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=358&topic_id=2779&mesg_id=2779

Please add any new links there also.

[Apollo11]

18. "Selling our souls for dross"

The full text of the original memo is here:

http://www.blairwatch.co.uk/node/714

[Nothing Without Hope]

19. kick n/t

[Trevelyan]

20. K&R Kick and Recommended - Thank you again Hope for your hard work in

compiling the information on President-in-Exile Al Gore's historic speech to try to light a fire under the corporate Dems.

Noticed that Hillary has finally joined the anti-nazi, anti-bush brigade but too late for the Presidency - we need to give Al Gore the term he earned.

[Wordie]

21. K&R Thanks for your great work on this! eom

[Nothing Without Hope]

23. Interesting idea you had: suggest that Larry King have Al Gore on as

a guest:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x165414
thread title (1-17-06 GD): DU this: email Larry King show and ask for Gore to be on for the hour!

Wouldn't that be lovely? Huge audience and I'm sure Al would rise to the occasion.

[Wordie]

24. Thanks! It would be great MSM coverage! eom

[Nothing Without Hope]

26. Even MORE important to ask Larry King to host Al Gore because Gonzales

was on his show last night LYING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED UNDER Clinton/Gore:

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/17/gonzales-smears-gore

(Thanks to Pirate Smile for this link, which was given in a reply in this important thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x166571
thread title (1-17-06 GD): Clinton Used NSA - Has this Newsmax story been debunked yet?

Another good link (besides the Raw Story article with Gore's own rebuttal - see below - is this one from Media Matters, also cited in a reply in that thread:
Several items on this page are directly relevant, and the whole thing is not to be missed - full of great stuff):
http://mediamatters.org/items/200512240002
(Thanks to NYC Girl)

[Wordie]

28. Jeez...I missed that! Yes, that presents an even stronger reason why King

should have Gore on. I hope that people are mailing Larry King requesting it, even if they aren't replying to my thread on the issue! And contacting Gore, too. To ask him to do it!

[Nothing Without Hope]

22. ***KEITH OLBERMANN WILL COVER WH response & the two suits tonight:

Today's Countdown email newsletter:

Subject: Suits Against Domestic Spying
Date: January 17, 2006 12:45:42 PM EST


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Tonight on Countdown
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Two leading civil rights groups filed lawsuits today against the Bush administration over its domestic spying program to determine whether the operation was used to monitor 10 defense lawyers, journalists, scholars, political activists and other Americans with ties to the Middle East. The two lawsuits are the first major court challenges to the eavesdropping program. They were filed separately by the American Civil Liberties Union in Federal District Court in Detroit, and by the Center for Constitutional Rights in Federal District Court in Manhattan. Both groups are seeking to have the courts order an immediate end to the program, which the groups say is illegal and unconstitutional. The Bush administration has strongly defended the legality and necessity of the surveillance program, and officials said the Justice Department would probably oppose the lawsuits on national security grounds. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/politics/17cnd-nsa.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10891444

Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.

In the anxious months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the National Security Agency began sending a steady stream of telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and names to the F.B.I. in search of terrorists. The stream soon became a flood, requiring hundreds of agents to check out thousands of tips a month. But virtually all of them, current and former officials say, led to dead ends or innocent Americans. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/politics/17spy.html?hp&ex=1137560400&en=998d7190aee080f7&ei=5094&partner=homepage
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10887725/

The White House accused former Vice President Al Gore of hypocrisy Tuesday for his assertion that President Bush broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without court approval. McClellan said the Clinton-Gore administration had engaged in warrantless physical searches, and he cited an FBI search of the home of CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames without permission from a judge. He said Clinton's deputy attorney general, Jamie Gorelick, had testified before Congress that the president had the inherent authority to engage in physical searches without warrants. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10891443

House Republicans moved to seize the initiative for ethics reform Tuesday with a comprehensive package of changes designed to curb abuses between lawmakers and lobbyists. Democrats, who have adopted a "culture of corruption" theme in a drive to oust Republicans from control of Congress, intend to unveil this week a proposed ban on lobbyists' gifts to lawmakers. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Congress_Ethics.html

Sen. Hillary Clinton on Monday blasted the Bush administration as "one of the worst" in U.S. history and compared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to a plantation where dissenting voices are squelched. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10889047

(snip)

[Nothing Without Hope]

32. ***KEITH OLBERMANN IS READING GORE'S REBUTTAL ON AIR***

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x168166
thread title (1-17-06 GD): Keith is reading Al Gore's rebuttal!!!

Guess all our emails were not in vain - though they may not have been necessary to get Keith to report the truth on this issue. I'll post the transcript of this part of his show here tomorrow when it becomes available. If any VIDEOS of this are posted, I'll include links to them.

[Nothing Without Hope]

25. ***GORE HITS BACK on WH "hypocrisy" comments about his speech:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2374586
thread title (1-17-06 GD-P): Raw Story: Gore Hits Back

Excerpt from Gore:

RAW STORY

In response to White House comments that Gore exhibited "hypocrisy" in calling for a Special Prosecutor, saying that the Clinton administration had wiretapped some Americans, Gore will make this statement shortly. It was leaked to RAW STORY in advance.

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."

Now let's see if the media carry his clear rebuttal of the WH statement. Keith Olbermann will be reporting on the WH comments tonight (see previous post). I'll email this Raw Story article with the Gore rebuttal to him - it would be helpful if more of you do the same:
[e-mail]
Chances are, KO will allow Gore to rebut the WH comments anyway - it's the way he works - but I'd like to make sure he knows that Gore says the WH statement is a lie and can doubtless prove it.

EDITED TO ADD: Another DU thread on this important Raw Story scoop - posted by Raw Story!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2047217
thread title (1-17-06 LBN): Gore responds to White House 'hypocrisy' comments

[Nothing Without Hope]

29. Here is Gore's official press release of his rebuttal:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2047393
thread title (1-17-06 LBN): Statement by Former Vice President Al Gore (response to Gonzales smear)

Direct link to press release:
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=59370

[Nothing Without Hope]

27. kick n/t

[rodeodance]

30. Here is Kerry thread who agreed with Gore (interview on cnn-Wolf today).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=165795&mesg_id=165795

[Nothing Without Hope]

31. Thanks! Here is Yahoo News picking up Gore's rebuttal of Gonzales' comment

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x167021
thread title (1-17-06 GD): OMFG !! MSM gets it right ?! WTF? How can this BE !? This is HUGH!!1!1

[Nothing Without Hope]

33. ***VIDEO: Gore's rebuttal on Olbermann's Countdown show tonight:

From the invaluable, how-did-we-live-without-it-before-we-had-it CAN-O-FUN:



Can-o-Fun title: "Gore Rebuttal day after speech to White House/Gonzales"
Windows Media: http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/GoreRebuttalDayAfter.asx

When I played it just now - short, but very fine, just the right handling IMO - the clip loaded very slowly, but it did eventually play. Perhaps it's getting heavy viewing. Be patient and you will be rewarded.

Thanks for this, liveoaktx!!! :toast: :patriot:

Edited to add: I'll post the transcript of this Olbermann segment here tomorrow when it becomes available at the Countdown web site.

[bpilgrim]

36. -- --- ---------- --------------- --------------- - > MP3

http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/gore/2006/01/17/gore-rebutal-01-17-06.mp3

peace

[American liberal]

34. You are a gem! Thank you! :-) n/t

[Nothing Without Hope]

35. kick - don't miss Keith Olbermann's brief report on Gore's rebuttal!

It's the previous post in this thread and it's great. Let's hope the truth-telling spreads and is heard.

[Peter Frank]

37. Extremely well done -- and highly recommended... n/t

[Nothing Without Hope]

38. ***AP updated their story of the anti-Gore smear job to include FACTS!!:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x169279
thread title (1-17-06 GD): AP Reports Facts on White House Smear of Gore

Gore's rebuttal and the associated supporting information put out after Gonzales' and McClellan's smear jobs has done some good. Let's hope the truth continues to spread. I agree with Wordie that Larry King should invite Gore on his program to give him a chance to rebut the lies that Gonzales spewed on the same program last night. We should encourage this. See Wordie's post linked to upthread - it has a link to a suggestion email for Larry King's show. If anyone has a better way of reaching him with this suggestion, please let us know about it.

[Nothing Without Hope]

39. A piece I didn't link to earlier: VIDEO and TRANSCRIPT of Gonzales on CNN

with his lying smear of Al Gore's speech - I should have posted this upthread before dealing with all the rebuttals to it, but better late than never. It's an important piece of the timeline and should be documented while the links are easy to find:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/01/17.html#a6745



TRANSCRIPT of Gonzales' smear job on the Larry King show:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/16/lkl.01.html

VIDEO clips of Gonzales' CNN lies in Windows and Quicktime formats are linked to a the C&L post (The first link above)

This C & L post also points out that Gonzales' remarks are rebutted by James Risen:

RISEN: There was a--he mentioned the Aldrich Ames case in I think it was 1994 or '93 while the investigation of Aldrich Ames, who was a Soviet spy, was ongoing. Janet Reno authorized a physical search of Ames' house without a search warrant.

Under the FISA -- under the rules at that time the attorney general could authorize a warrantless physical search of a house. After the Ames case, it's my understanding that Congress changed that and closed that loophole and so that now that kind of search couldn't be done under the law.

Wordie is right (see posts upthread)- Larry King really should have Gore on his show to set the record straight after Gonzales used that venue to LIE. Let's suggest it, eh?

[Nothing Without Hope]

40. One last kick for the night. I'll post relevant updates here tomorrow

That will include the transcript of the Keith Olbermann reporting on Gore's rebuttal of Gonzales' lies and whatever else seems appropriate. The KO transcript will probably become available late tomorrow afternoon (1/18).

Good night, people! :hi: :boring: Feel free to give this thread a little kick now and again or add your own goodies.

[Apollo11]

41. 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 :)

[Nothing Without Hope]

42. ***TRANSCRIPT of Keith Olbermann discussing Gonzales' smear of Gore:

A VIDEO clip of part of this is posted upthread in Reply #33

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10907262
OLBERMANN: The White House, meantime, making no secret that it monitored the remarks of former Vice President Al Gore yesterday, the attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, claming the Clinton-Gore administration conducted its own warrantless searches. The “Oh, yes, you did it, too,” defense.

Although it appears Mr. Gonzales cited a supposedly illegal search from 1993, even though the law that would have made that search illegal was not passed until 1995.

Mr. Gore, disputing Gonzales‘ remarks as not merely factually wrong but also diversionary, saying in a statement today, “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.”

Mr. Gore‘s charges dovetailing with those of another prominent occupant of the Clinton White House. The only question: when Democrats attack, does anybody other than the Democratic Party sustain any losses? Keeping score for us tonight, our chief White House correspondent, David Gregory.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DAVID GREGORY, NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They are two of the nation‘s most high profile Democrats, now taking aim at the White House.

Senator Hillary Clinton told a largely African-American audience in New York yesterday that the administration is one of the worst in U.S. history. As for the Republicans in Congress?

CLINTON: When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation, and you know what I‘m talking about.

GREGORY: That, hours after former Vice President Al Gore in Washington accused the president of repeatedly breaking the law by authorizing wiretaps on Americans.

AL GORE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.

GREGORY: Condemning both attacks at the White House today, the president‘s spokesman singled out Gore.

SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: If he‘s going to be the voice of the Democratic Party on national security matters, we welcome it. We look forward to the discussion.

GREGORY (on camera): What‘s clear is that campaigning for next year‘s midterm election is under way, with both sides settling into a political strategy.

MARSHALL WITTMAN, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Democrats at this stage want to portray an administration that doesn‘t allow any dissent, that‘s overreaching and that‘s basically incompetent.

GREGORY (voice-over): The other theme, say Democratic strategist, corruption. From wiretapping to tainted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the president and his party no longer play by the rules.

But questions about domestic spying have allowed Mr. Bush to emphasize what polls show is his greatest strength: fighting the war on terror.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: They attacked us before. They will attack us again if they can. And we‘re going to do everything we can to stop them.

GREGORY: Attack and counterattack. Washington‘s election year war of words has begun.

David Gregory, NBC News, the White House.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

(snip)

[Nothing Without Hope]

43. kick n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

44. Awesome post! WOW! Thank you!!!

What an amazing job you did, definitely one for the bookmarks!:yourock:

And this sure rates another kick from me, since nobody here should miss this!:kick:

Rhiannon:hi:

[Nothing Without Hope]

46. Thanks for your support, Rhiannon! It's really frustrating when

after so much effort the threads fall off the Greatest page and people start re-inventing the wheel, starting over again on the same stories. It's the biggest flaw of the DU format and it can be infuriating and is always so wasteful.

But thanks for your friendly words and the kick. :hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

50. It was obvious to me how much work this took and I sure appreciate it.

This is important stuff and you did an incredible job, so I understand your frustration. Another kick from me and I'll pass this on! And you're more than welcome. The kudos are well-deserved.:applause:

Rhiannon:D:hi:

[Nothing Without Hope]

45. kick - too bad DU threads fall off the Greatest page so quickly, often

when their usefulness is at its peak. Now you see new threads starting over again with just a part of the story because the older, fuller threads are gone. Sigh.

[Nothing Without Hope]

47. Salt Lake Tribune applauds Gore's speech and agrees with him:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x177516
thread title (1-18-06 GD): Salt Lake Tribune Applaudes Gore's Speech and calls for Special...

The reverberations continue...

[Nothing Without Hope]

48. NYT Bob Herbert on Gore's speech:"Who Will Stand Up for the Constitution?"

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/opinion/19herbert.html?th&emc=th
Op-Ed Columnist

Who Will Stand Up for the Constitution?

By BOB HERBERT
Published: January 19, 2006

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."-BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

"Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-THOMAS PAINE

Al Gore offered a civics lesson this week for anyone willing to listen. Speaking at Constitution Hall in Washington, the former vice president said:

"As we begin this new year, the executive branch of our government has been caught eavesdropping on huge numbers of American citizens and has brazenly declared that it has the unilateral right to continue without regard to the established law enacted by Congress to prevent such abuses."

Americans do not seem especially concerned about this incredible affront to the integrity of the government and the rule of law. The attitude of a slender majority seems to be that if the likes of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney see fit to dismantle the heretofore sacred system of checks and balances, so be it.

(snip)

I find it peculiar that an awful lot of Americans who would be outraged by the burning of the American flag are positively sanguine about the trampling of the Constitution.

One of the ugliest aspects of the Bush administration is the outright deceit that is such a major aspect of its modus operandi. Tens of thousands of men, women and children are tragically dead because of the war in Iraq, which was launched from a monstrous superstructure of deceit. Why wouldn't we expect the administration to deceive the public about the illegal spying of the National Security Agency?

(snip - read the whole thing)

[Nothing Without Hope]

49. The Bob Herbert editorial has been posted in its own GD thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x183049
thread title (1-19-06 GD): NYT Bob Herbert on Gore's speech:"Who Will Stand Up for the Constitution?"

I'll continue to update the current thread as well. Trying to keep the evolving story together so the pieces won't be lost...