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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:31 PM
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(Moon ragazine)Impeachment hearings: White House prepares for worst
http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/impeachment.htm

Impeachment hearings: The White House prepares for the worst

The Bush administration is bracing for impeachment hearings in Congress.

"A coalition in Congress is being formed to support impeachment," an administration source said.

Sources said a prelude to the impeachment process could begin with hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee in February. They said the hearings would focus on the secret electronic surveillance program and whether Mr. Bush violated the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Administration sources said the charges are expected to include false reports to Congress as well as Mr. Bush's authorization of the National Security Agency to engage in electronic surveillance inside the United States without a court warrant. This included the monitoring of overseas telephone calls and e-mail traffic to and from people living in the United States without requisite permission from a secret court...


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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:48 PM
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1. I'm not holding my breath...
...waiting for those hearings.

I'd love to see them happen...but I still like breathing. Yet, it's weird seeing Another Moon Publication talking like this.

"Insight Magazine is published by News World Communications like its sister publication The Washington Times, Insight provides its subscribers an intelligence briefing on the Washington behind the lights and cameras. Insight features exclusive articles by top Washington reporters from some of the world's most serious news organizations. Insight also features commentary by renowned pundits such as Wesley Pruden, Mark Steyn, Donald Lambro, David Horowitz, Michelle Malkin, John O’Sullivan and others."

Renowned :choke: :cough: :sputter: pundits...

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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:51 PM
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2. FASCINATING--obviously the little monkey has pissed off the crazy rev!!
Guess he can't be bought as easy as his daddy was!

The Specter quote was something, too...

"Impeachment is a remedy," Mr. Specter said on Jan. 15. "After impeachment, you could have a criminal prosecution. But the principal remedy under our society is to pay a political price."

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