President Ford: On Warrantless Spying-"I Would NEVER Do It"-"Where Does He Get His Advice"

[kpete]

According to a new book, senior Republican figures approached Ford about getting President Bush to dump Cheney in 2004 and, while Ford rebuffed them, he seemed sympathetic to their cause.

"Dick has not been the asset I expected on the ticket," Ford told journalist Thomas M. DeFrank in an off-the-record conversation in March 2004. "As you know, he's a great friend of mine, he did a great job for me, but he has not clicked, if that's the right word. God knows he works at it."

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...........He also seemed troubled by signing statements attached to bills in which Bush suggested he might not enforce laws he thought intruded on his executive authority. And Ford questioned the need for warrantless surveillance.

"I would never do it," he said after revelations of the National Security Agency program. "It surprises me they worry that they think they have to do it. I was dumbfounded when I heard they were. I didn't think it was necessary. Where does he get his advice?"

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/04/AR2007110401451.html

[BridgeTheGap]

1. "Where does he get his get his advice?"

Answer: from lackeys, boot lickers and ass kissers - the only type of people who get hired in this adminstration.