What a Tangled Web
By Callimachus | Related entries in Bad Decisions, General Politics, LegislationCourtesy of the New York Sun:
Mr. Schumer, who staged three press events last week about Mr. Rove’s alleged role in the leak of Ms. Plame’s identity, is facing particular criticism for his stance. In an e-mail to reporters, Republican Party officials noted that in 1982 Mr. Schumer was one of 32 House members who voted against the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, the law at the center of the investigation that has swept up Mr. Rove and other White House officials.
A spokesman for Mr. Schumer, Israel Klein, said the senator has been consistent. “Senator Schumer, who has been a longtime advocate for whistle-blower rights, felt that the initial law that was passed was a little bit too broad,” Mr. Klein said.
Mr. Schumer also denounced the anti-leak legislation Congress passed in 2000. “We should never forget that one of the core purposes of the First Amendment was to prohibit government from suppressing embarrassing information, not criminalizing its release,” the senator said. He complained that the measure “would require all current and past government officials to guess at what might be illegal, while the threat of serious jail time hangs over their heads.”
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July 19th, 2005 at 5:07 am
New York State is suffering with these politicians. Between Mr. Schummer and ugh!, shelly Silver it is a wonder we have any State left at all. I am hoping that especially Mr. silver will receive tons of emails regarding his votings regarding pedophiles and sex offenders.