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Brownback Troubled By Bush’s Wiretap Legalese

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics, The War On Terrorism

Sam Brownback is a staunch conservative voice in the Senate. But now he’s raising his voice concerning the wiretap scandal.

From the AP:

A prominent conservative on the committee said he is troubled by the legal arguments the Bush administration has presented for establishing the National Security Agency program.

President Bush has pointed to the congressional resolution that authorized him to use force against Iraq as allowing him to order the program.

But GOP Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas said, “There was no discussion in anything that I was around that gave the president a broad surveillance authority with that resolution.”

The rest of the article talks about how Alren Specter is trying to get Alberto Gonzales to testify before their committee about this scandal. Read the whole thing if you’re interested.

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