from Taylor Marsh:
"Specter Caves
It's hard to know where to start, except to say, I told you so.
He's in the bag.
He's on the team.
He's with the boss.
Senator Specter and the rubber stamp Republicans on the Judiciary Committee have sold this country out to offer cover to a man who has not earned it, does not deserve it and has proven he will use this cover at every turn at the expense of this country and the people who are supposed to have the real power, ordinary citizens. The president gets yet another pass.
The details in The Hill article today make you want to scream. What Specter has done is basically cave to conservatives on a point of importance so huge as to give George W. Bush cover in every illegal wiretapping he does or will do in the future. Specter caved and made Bush's illegal wiretapping legal, by virture that the FISA court will never weigh in on its legality. In essence, Bush can wiretap anyone and if someone or some group has a problem they can't directly ask the FISA court for a ruling because, according to Specter and the rest of the Bush presidential pimps, it would hurt Bush's ability to defend the position in court. Glenn Greenwald dissects it further, but that's the gist of it. . ."
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