Senate Proceeding on Jul 8th, 2008 :: 1:42:22 to 1:44:12
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Speech By: Arlen Specter

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Arlen Specter: significant decision. as i indicated, it deal with the state secrets issue. it says that fisa is in fact the exclusive issue and that the evidentiary rules regarding fisa should roll rather than state

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Russell Feingold: secrets. that's an important thing, but even more important thing is what the senator from pennsylvania is alluding to. the broader issue clearly indicated where he would head on the question of whether

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Speech By: Russell Feingold

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Russell Feingold: the president's t.s.p. program is illegal, something i have agreed for a long time. i think we are the first members to comment on the revelation of this program in december of 2005 on the floor

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Russell Feingold: of the senate. i have examined it closely myself as a member of the intelligence committee and judiciary committee and feel even more strongly today than i did then that this program was illegal

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Russell Feingold: and there needs to be accountability for that illegality. that accountability can come in part from litigation of the kind that involved this district court decision, and it can come from other cases that are

1:43:03 to 1:43:16( Edit History Discussion )

Russell Feingold: pending. but my concern, of course, is that if we jam this bill through, that the effect of this may have an impact on the ability to pursue that underlying issue because of the fective granting

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Russell Feingold: of immunity of the telephone companies as to the underlying issue. it has significance, but i can't tell you that i know all of the ramifications. and obviously, the mlyembers of the senate, in answer

1:43:26 to 1:43:39( Edit History Discussion )

Russell Feingold: to your question, should review the opinion and have a chance to find out not only more about, not only the opinion but there are several members of the senate that have not had the benefit of what

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Russell Feingold: you have and i have had which is the briefing on the actual t.s.p. program and what happened from 2001 to 2007 with regard to the wiretapping program. i thank the senator for making this important point. the

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Russell Feingold: senate isn't ready to grant this sort of immunity at this point without reviewing the litigation. mr. specter: mr. president? in the context, is the senator -- i ask him to yield for just one more

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Arlen Specter: question, and i'll use the microphone so he can hear me. and perhaps some people on c-span 2 can hear me. perhaps som senators can hear me, because we need to be heard on this subject, because of its

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Speech By: Arlen Specter