Al Gore: Illegal Spying On Americans "A Threat To The Very Structure Of Our Government"
Associated Press | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted January 16, 2006 01:53 PM
Huffington Post
Former Vice President Al Gore asserted Monday that President Bush "repeatedly and persistently" broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without a court warrant and called for a federal investigation of the practice.
Speaking on Martin Luther King Jr.'s national holiday, the man who lost the 2000 presidential election to Bush only after a ruling by the Supreme Court on a recount in Florida, called Bush's warrantless surveillance program "a threat to the very structure of our government." Gore charged that the program has ignored the checks and balances of the courts and Congress. [...] To read the rest, follow link at the end of http://tinyurl.com/d2egu
Among the places you can find the full text of Gore's speech is
http://tinyurl.com/akhgc
© Virginia Metze
Huffington Post
Former Vice President Al Gore asserted Monday that President Bush "repeatedly and persistently" broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without a court warrant and called for a federal investigation of the practice.
Speaking on Martin Luther King Jr.'s national holiday, the man who lost the 2000 presidential election to Bush only after a ruling by the Supreme Court on a recount in Florida, called Bush's warrantless surveillance program "a threat to the very structure of our government." Gore charged that the program has ignored the checks and balances of the courts and Congress. [...] To read the rest, follow link at the end of http://tinyurl.com/d2egu
Among the places you can find the full text of Gore's speech is
http://tinyurl.com/akhgc
© Virginia Metze
Starmail - 19. Jan, 09:47
