Nothing to Hide
Alberto Gonzales, at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Bush’s Domestic Surveillance program.
“I am not comfortable going down the road of saying yes or no as to what the president has or has not authorized,”
Alberto Gonzales refused to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee under oath.
My first thought was that he was clearly planning to lie. Why else would he refuse? After reviewing his answers, I’m back to wondering why he wouldn’t take the oath.
Questions about the operational specifics of the NSA program bounced off Gonzales all day — “what happens to the data?”, “how long is it retained?”— none of which Gonzales would answer. “An open discussion of the operational details would put the lives of Americans at risk,” he claimed.
He refused to be sworn in, only to sit there refusing to answer questions.
Are these the actions of a man who has nothing to hide?
mom said,
February 22, 2006 @ 11:08 am
Why can’t we understand that the security of our country is WAY more important than this???
Patti said,
March 3, 2006 @ 3:17 pm
Security is more important than our civil liberties?
Mom, why do you think people have been emigrating to this country for a hundred years? Why are we all so proud to be Americans?
Because it’s supposed to be a FREE country.
That freedom is expressed in our civil liberties. The inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Without that, there is no America to protect.