Sen. Kennedy: "I Don't Trust Gonzales With The Power To Spy On Americans-& Neither Should You"

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Teddy Kennedy: "Draw the Line"
Karita Hummer in Action
8/15/2007 at 8:39 AM EST

"Dear Karita,

I don't trust Alberto Gonzales with the power to spy on the American people - and neither should you.

In recent months, Gonzales has been under increasingly heavy fire for his shameful role in a number of shocking scandals, including the Bush Administration's illegal eavesdropping program and his refusal to come clean about what he has done. He's lost the confidence of the American people, and many -- myself included -- have called for his resignation.

But rather than holding Gonzalez and other members of the Administration accountable for breaking the law, the White House pushed for legislation that legalizes their actions. Two weeks ago, the Bush Administration and their rubber-stamp Republican allies in Congress forced revisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to expand the government's right to spy on American citizens without outside oversight.

Once again, George Bush, Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzalez are taking the Bill of Rights into their own hands. Tell the White House to stop scaring the American people into surrendering their basic rights:

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This is the same Administration mentality that gave us Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Again and again, Alberto Gonzalez, Dick Cheney, and George Bush have thumbed their noses at the Constitution and the rule of law, and then demanded that Congress condone their abuses and trust their judgment.

Not this time. We owe the nation a better approach, and you can help us do it.

Sincerely,

Senator Edward M. Kennedy"

http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/8/14/195055/662

[rodeodance]

1. It will not be easy to take away a Power that has been given. Dems have their

work cut out for them.

[msongs]

2. Ted and dems are doing NOTHING about gonzales except flapping their lips nt