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January 23, 2006
"Democrats, Karl? Republicans, too."
New York Times writer Adam Nagourney published an analysis piece on the politics of the secret-until-recently domestic evasdropping program.
How Americans will come to understand the "domestic spying program" will depend on which politicians are able to frame the debate, Nagourney writes.
On the schedule:
- Monday: Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden, former head of the National Security Agency set to speak at the National Press Club in Washington.
- Tuesday: Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will present a legal defense of the spying program
- Wednesday: President Bush will visit NSA headquarters.
Meanwhile, some Republicans sounded off:
* "Democrats, Karl? Republicans, too." - An unnamed Republican bristled at Karl Rove's January 20 salvo against Democrats opponents of the program.
* David Keene, chair of the American Conservative Union, reserved the right to be skeptical. "It is not as clean-cut a political win as the administration thinks that it is."
* Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) questioned the program's legality and defended Democratic critics on Fox News Sunday, according to this partial transcript.
Posted by Nicole Duarte at January 23, 2006 10:17 AM
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