Political Quotes

“there are quite a few things I disagree with that my colleague from Wisconsin has brought up. No. 1, he said the administration instituted an illegal wiretapping program. That is not true. That is wrong. I reviewed the documents on which they based it-- article II, and the authorization for use of military force. That was not an illegal effort. But that is a debate for another time. The administration did advise the leaders of Congress what they were going to do. The big eight were advised, and they did not deem any legislation advisable at the time. Secondly, he gives me too much credit in saying it is only the word of one Senator that his amendments are unworkable and unnecessary. This was brought up and debated in the Intelligence Committee. We spend our time overseeing intelligence collection. It was not adopted there. It was withdrawn. If my colleague has any evidence that there are any violations in reverse targeting or bulk collection of the fourth amendment of the Constitution or other violation of privacy rights, then I suggest he bring them up in our Intelligence Committee in closed session where we can debate all the activities that are going on. I assume he has been out to NSA to see how it operates. He has been in and had the opportunity to question leaders of the intelligence community. He says there is a total lack of substance. I have to say there is a total lack of substance to the allegations he makes.”