Feingold Questions Attorney General Nominee Eric Holder on FISA

[babylonsister]

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U.S. Senator Russ Feingold questions Attorney General nominee Eric Holder about FISA during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on January 15, 2009.

[jefferson_dem]

1. Refreshing indeed!

Props to Feingold for pressing the issue and to Holder for responding with apparent humility and candor.

[pleah]

2. K&R

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Russ needs a tailor.

As elite as I'm going to get.

[HelenWheels]

11. Not a lot of money

to spend on tailors. I believe Russ is the Senator with the lowest income of all the Senators. He's not one of the millionaire senators.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. Hard to live on $170K.

:think:

[avaistheone1]

13. Joe Biden has pretty modest financial assets as well.

[midnight]

4. Sen. Feingold asks legal questions that are beyond my

understanding. Fisa falls under category three, and therefor has no known entities that would allow president to disregard fisa. Does anyone understand why Sen. Feingold is relieved to get this answer?

[grantcart]

8. i believe that what he is asking is that are there any circumstances

that exist that would allow the President to wiretap without following FISA.

In other words is there any other powers that the President could count on to do an end around.


The reason that I think this is not an issue is that FISA allows for a 3 day retroactive warrant application if emergency conditions require the President to act before he has a warrant in hand.


Good question by Feingold and good question by Holder.


The adults have returned home after an 8 year camping trip.

[Enthusiast]

10. And this is why

there is no possible justification for Bush circumventing the law? I mean, with the three day grace period The Bush Administration could have wire tapped anyone before a warrant. I have suspected all along that they didn't want even these FISA measures so they could wire tap their political enemies. This would explain a lot. Georgie, you got a lot of splainin' to do. :rofl:

[proud progressive]

5. feingold/ kusinich '16

[usregimechange]

6. If Russ is satisfied we can all have a big sigh

[elmerdem]

7. Eric Holder

is a breath of fresh air for the DOJ. Americans have waited long enough for the DOJ to return to upholding the Constitution & the laws of this great nation.

[ihavenobias]

9. K & R