Support AlterNet
Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-deductible donation.
Feedback
Tell us how we're doing.
"Betrayal": Dem is "furious, double-crossed, misled ... shocked" by Bush [VIDEO]
Democrat Jay Rockefeller is livid at Bush's "anti-Constitutional, anti-American" interference in a vote on intelligence oversight. Bush, dismissing the Senate's Constitutional oversight role, told Republicans that to prove they were loyal republicans they must vote his way.
According to taraka das:
Under the legislation, Bush would have to tell lawmakers about interrogation tactics at the [secret CIA] prisons, and the government would be required to publicly reveal total spending on intelligence programs, which is estimated to be about $44 billion annually.More HERE...
Tagged as: bush, senate, intelligence, separation of powers, jay rockefeller
Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.
| Also in Video | |||
| God Promises 30 Percent Increase In Global Warming By 2012 While at Copenhagen Do people give a sh*t about climate change? Post by Lee Camp. December 14, 2009. |
Awesome: Pink Glove Dance for Breast Cancer Awareness The staff at Portland's Providence St. Vincent Medical Center put this together to raise awareness about breast cancer. Post by Staff. December 10, 2009. |
Alan Grayson to Dick Cheney: STFU Grayson's always good for a Youtube video. Post by Joshua Holland. December 10, 2009. |
|
EMAIL
PRINT
4 COMMENTS
PERMALINK