Political wind

Hillary Clinton, Political wind

Clintons hands off or out for Saudis’ money?

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This quote from Hillary Clinton, New York’s junior Senator, really hit me in the face:

“I want you to come to the White House and say, ‘I heard you in Akron; when are you going to produce those jobs?’ ” Mrs. Clinton said at the rally here. And, regarding the high price of oil, she has taken to saying as she did here, “I’m not interested in holding hands with the Saudis — I’m interested in holding them accountable.”

Really? Then how about you and your husband being accountable and disclosing the details of the tens of millions of dollars the House of Saud and other Gulf sultans are giving to Clinton projects like the presidential libary in Little Rock? The Clintons have steadfastly refused to disclose their donor list, as well as reams of records relating to the first lady’s “experience” during her husband’s two terms.

Voters in Ohio should ask Sentator Clinton how she will hold the Saudis accountable when she is in the White House if her husband is holding his hand out in Little Rock.

mainstream media, Political wind, Terrorist Surveillance Program

House may vote soon on terrorist surveillance renewal

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Today, the Associated Press is either confused or deliberately misleading its readers:

The chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence expects a compromise soon on renewal of an eavesdropping law that could provide legal protections for telecommunications companies as President Bush has insisted. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, in a television interview broadcast yesterday, did not say specifically whether the House proposal would mirror the Senate’s version. The Senate measure provides retroactive legal immunity to the companies that helped the government wiretap U.S. computer and phone lines after the September 11 attacks without clearance from a secret court.
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The eavesdropping law makes it easier for the government to spy on foreign phone calls and e-mails that pass through the United States. Congress did not renew the law before it expired Feb. 16. Mr. Bush opposed a temporary extension and has warned that failure to renew the law would put the nation at greater risk.

House Democrats worried that the legal protections would erode civil liberties and accused Mr. Bush of fear-mongering. A quirk in the temporary eavesdropping law adopted by Congress in August allows the government to initiate wiretaps for up to one year against a wide range of targets.

No “quirk” in the law allows the government to “initiate wiretaps … against a wide range of targets.” Only those targets known to exist prior to the law’s expiration may continue to be monitored.

House Speaker Pelosi’s FISA negligence endangers our troops.