Repost Part 1 of Sheldon Whitehouse's FISA, Law, and executive order.

[madfloridian]

Run time: 04:51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFWIHbf50EI   Posted on YouTube: December 07, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 08, 2007 By DU Member: madfloridian Views on DU: 819

 
The first one just did not work.

Here is the page from his website with the transcript:

http://whitehouse.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=288537&

Just a portion:

In a nutshell, these three Bush administration legal propositions boil down to this:

1. “I don’t have to follow my own rules, and I don’t have to tell you when I’m breaking them.”

2. “I get to determine what my own powers are.”

3. “The Department of Justice doesn’t tell me what the law is, I tell the Department of Justice what the law is.”

When the Congress of the United States is willing to roll over for an unprincipled President, this is where you end up. We should not even be having this discussion. But here we are. I implore my colleagues: reject these feverish legal theories. I understand political loyalty, trust me, I do. But let us also be loyal to this great institution we serve in the legislative branch of our government. Let us also be loyal to the Constitution we took an oath to defend, from enemies foreign and domestic. And let us be loyal to the American people who live each day under our Constitution’s principles and protections.

Here is Part 2

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lPT9JxTBxok

[babylonsister]

1. Rec'd. Thanks for this; Whitehouse sounds as frustrated as we are. nt

[madfloridian]

2. Part 2 shows even more frustration.

I am glad it is on You Tube, I missed it before.

[wildbilln864]

3. k&r! n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

4. K&R