Cheney Confirms Names of Democrats Who Knew About Illegal Warrantless Wiretapping - They Should All Resign
No wonder Pelosi arrogantly and arbitrarily took impeachment off the table. That explains their spineless nominal leadership on Capitol Hill.
Now Dick Cheney, leading member of Bush's high level torture team confirms that Reid, Pelosi, Harmon, and Rockefeller, who blatantly worked to pass the terrible FISA legislation to protect telecoms, knew about the warrantless wiretapping and did nothing.
Glenn Greenwald at Salon writes: "Dick Cheney's interview yesterday with Fox's Chris Wallace was filled with significant claims, but certainly among the most significant was his detailed narration of how the administration, and Cheney personally, told numerous Democratic Congressional leaders -- repeatedly and in detail -- about the NSA warrantless eavesdropping program. And, according to Cheney, every one of those Democrats -- every last one -- not only urged its continuation, but insisted that it be kept secret
"Cheney's general claim is as clear as it is incriminating. According to him, key Congressional Democrats were told about the illegal NSA spying program in detail, and they not only actively approved of it, but far beyond that, they insisted that no Congressional authorization should even be sought, based on what was always the patently inane claim that to discuss the fact that the administration was eavesdropping on our conversations without warrants (rather than with warrants, as the law required) would be to reveal our secrets -- "our playbook" -- to Al Qaeda.
"It is certainly true that Dick Cheney is not exactly the most scrupulously honest public servant around. In fact, he's almost certainly the opposite. Still, what he said yesterday was merely an expanded and more detailed version of what has previously been publicly reported and, to some degree, confirmed about the knowledge and support of Democratic leaders for the NSA program. Cheney's claims encompasses the following key Democrats:
- Nancy Pelosi (Ranking Member, House Intelligence Committee, House Minority Leader);
- Jane Harman (Ranking Member, House Intelligence Committee);
- Jay Rockefeller (Ranking Member, Senate Intelligence Committee);
- Harry Reid (Senate Minority Leader).
Unsurprisingly, Pelosi, Harman and Rockefeller all voted last July to legalize warrantless eavesdropping and to immunize telecoms from liability, thereby ensuring an end to the ongoing investigations into these programs. And though he ultimately cast a meaningless vote against final passage, it was Reid's decisions as Majority Leader which played an instrumental role in ensuring passage of that bill."
What devious, dishonest, immoral, unethical multimillionaire and millionaire sleazebags. They are not real Democrats but hypocrites...members of Bush's elite have's and have more's.
That Pelosi and Reid remain as Speaker of the House and Senate Majoirty leader respectively, is a stain on the Democratic Party and a disservice to the American people.
If they had any shred of decency and honor, they would resign their leadership positions.
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