Fwd: Responding to your email
Aug. 29th, 2007 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lsandersonWot a crock....
-- Forwarded Message --
Dear Larry:
Thank you for contacting me concerning the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
You should first know that the FISA bill which passed both the House
and Senate a few weeks ago is a temporary measure -- an interim fix
extending for the next six months. I would have preferred the version
offered by Senator Carl Levin, which I voted for. Unfortunately, that
version did not pass, and I voted for the extension on a temporary basis
only, because I couldn't allow there to be a gap in our intelligence
gathering activity - our safety depends on our ability to continue tracking
terrorist networks.
Please know that I will actively work during this temporary six month
extension to ensure any permanent FISA extension strikes the right balance
between protecting our safety and protecting our civil rights.
The resignation of Attorney General Gonzales is the first step in
achieving that balance, and I hope that his departure lifts the cloud that
has lingered over the Justice Department. He leaves a legacy of justice
tarnished. I was among the first to call for his resignation, and I am
hopeful that a new Attorney General will be a moreindependent voice for
the people and uphold the principles of law and justice in this country.
Thank you again for your input, and please dont hesitate to contact
me again regarding this or any other issue.
Sincerely,
Amy Klobuchar
United States Senator
via TREO
Larry
-- Forwarded Message --
Dear Larry:
Thank you for contacting me concerning the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
You should first know that the FISA bill which passed both the House
and Senate a few weeks ago is a temporary measure -- an interim fix
extending for the next six months. I would have preferred the version
offered by Senator Carl Levin, which I voted for. Unfortunately, that
version did not pass, and I voted for the extension on a temporary basis
only, because I couldn't allow there to be a gap in our intelligence
gathering activity - our safety depends on our ability to continue tracking
terrorist networks.
Please know that I will actively work during this temporary six month
extension to ensure any permanent FISA extension strikes the right balance
between protecting our safety and protecting our civil rights.
The resignation of Attorney General Gonzales is the first step in
achieving that balance, and I hope that his departure lifts the cloud that
has lingered over the Justice Department. He leaves a legacy of justice
tarnished. I was among the first to call for his resignation, and I am
hopeful that a new Attorney General will be a moreindependent voice for
the people and uphold the principles of law and justice in this country.
Thank you again for your input, and please dont hesitate to contact
me again regarding this or any other issue.
Sincerely,
Amy Klobuchar
United States Senator
via TREO
Larry
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Date: 2007-08-29 04:02 pm (UTC)Maybe Weasel Norm...
Date: 2007-08-29 04:57 pm (UTC)No, wait, that still does not work.
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Date: 2007-08-29 04:15 pm (UTC)K.
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Date: 2007-08-29 04:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-29 04:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-29 05:07 pm (UTC)Apparently...
Date: 2007-08-29 04:59 pm (UTC)What ever happened to defeating the current bill and allowing the previous, better version to remain law? Oh, that's right, the Bushies didn't like that version!
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Date: 2007-08-29 05:07 pm (UTC)