Rove counting heads on the Senate Judiciary Committee

Rove counting heads on the Senate Judiciary Committee
http://www.progressiveu.org/133235-rove-counting-heads-on-the-senate-judiciary-committee

I caught this article today. This administration has every opportunity to conduct the wire taps legally, with warrants. There is a specifically delegated "secret" court that handles these sensative cases. In addition, I thought the reason they didn't prevent 9/11 was a backlog of information that needed to be deciphered. How is adding more searches, taps, etc. going to protect us?? This will only clog the system with even more information. Upholding civil liberties will not aide terrorists!

Rove counting heads on the Senate Judiciary Committee

Presidential adviser Karl Rove carried his files and luggage after arriving with President Bush in Dallas on Feb. 3. (L.M. Otero/AP)

The White House has been twisting arms to ensure that no Republican member votes against President Bush in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation of the administration's unauthorized wiretapping.

Congressional sources said Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove has threatened to blacklist any Republican who votes against the president. The sources said the blacklist would mean a halt in any White House political or financial support of senators running for re-election in November.

"It's hardball all the way," a senior GOP congressional aide said.

The sources said the administration has been alarmed over the damage that could result from the Senate hearings, which began on Monday, Feb. 6. They said the defection of even a handful of Republican committee members could result in a determination that the president violated the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Such a determination could lead to impeachment proceedings.

Over the last few weeks, Mr. Rove has been calling in virtually every Republican on the Senate committee as well as the leadership in Congress. The sources said Mr. Rove's message has been that a vote against Mr. Bush would destroy GOP prospects in congressional elections.

"He's [Rove] lining them up one by one," another congressional source said.

Mr. Rove is leading the White House campaign to help the GOP in November’s congressional elections. The sources said the White House has offered to help loyalists with money and free publicity, such as appearances and photo-ops with the president.

Those deemed disloyal to Mr. Rove would appear on his blacklist. The sources said dozens of GOP members in the House and Senate are on that list.

So far, only a handful of GOP senators have questioned Mr. Rove's tactics.

Some have raised doubts about Mr. Rove's strategy of painting the Democrats, who have opposed unwarranted surveillance, as being dismissive of the threat posed by al Qaeda terrorists.

"Well, I didn't like what Mr. Rove said, because it frames terrorism and the issue of terrorism and everything that goes with it, whether it's the renewal of the Patriot Act or the NSA wiretapping, in a political context," said Sen. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska Republican.

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LIBERALS PLAY INTO KARL ROVE'S HANDS
New Republic, D.C. - 18 hours ago
This year's State of the Union came weeks after Karl Rove sparked outrage among liberals by unveiling the GOP's strategy for the 2006 elections. ...

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KARL ROVE IS BLACKMAILING CONGRESS AND NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED

WHERE IS THE FBI, WHEN YOU NEED THEM?>/A>

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An Unlikely Story Karl Rove's alibi would be easier to believe if he hadn't hidden
it from FBI investigators in 2003. By Murray Waas Web Exclusive: 07.19.05 ...
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