Congressional Probe of NSA Spying Is in Doubt
An all-out White House lobbying campaign has dramatically slowed an investigation into Bush's spying program and may eventually kill it. The White House may have botched Cheney's response to the hunting incident, but the administration sure hasn't lost its touch when it comes to leaning on moderate Republicans (and even Democrats) to rally around the president. Call your senators--especially Olympia Snowe of Maine--and urge them not to cave in to political pressure.:
Congress appeared ready to launch an investigation into the Bush administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance program last week, but an all-out White House lobbying campaign has dramatically slowed the effort and may kill it, key Republican and Democratic sources said yesterday.
The Senate intelligence committee is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a Democratic-sponsored motion to start an inquiry into the recently revealed program in which the National Security Agency eavesdrops on an undisclosed number of phone calls and e-mails involving U.S. residents without obtaining warrants from a secret court. Two committee Democrats said the panel — made up of eight Republicans and seven Democrats — was clearly leaning in favor of the motion last week but now is closely divided and possibly inclined against it.
Truthdig says:
The White House may have botched Cheney’s response to the hunting incident, but the administration sure hasn’t lost its touch when it comes to leaning on moderate Republicans (and even Democrats) to rally around the president. Call your senators–especially Olympia Snowe of Maine–and urge them not to cave in to political pressure.
Truthdig says: We originally misspelled Olympia Snowe’s name, and claimed she represented the wrong state. (Late night editing)
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