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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (205546)	11/29/2001 9:20:29 AM
From: E. T.	Respond to of 769670

In our State Department's most recent report on global terrorism, Iran beat out Iraq and Syria to win the title of "most active state sponsor of terrorism." This conclusion was not lightly arrived at. Evidence is mounting that Tehran sponsored the killing of Americans at Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. Even today, Iran's air cargo planes fly arms and explosives to Damascus for trucking to terrorist headquarters of Hezbollah in Lebanon, for use by suicide bombers against Israeli civilians. Most dangerous to us, Iran leads the terror-sponsorship world in the development of nuclear capacity. Sitting atop a sea of cheap oil, Iran needs atomic energy like a hole in the head, but its rulers take income sorely needed by hungry Iranians and spend it on nuclear material and scientific know-how from Russia. Vladimir Putin, President Bush's fervently trusted ally, continues to refuse all appeals from the U.S. and Israel to curtail sales to its customer at the center of terror sponsorship. Why the intense economic and diplomatic pressure from Tehran on Moscow, which overwhelms the pleas of the Bush White House? Because Iran's Hezbollah wants its nuclear bomb and no so-called moderates in Tehran stand in its way. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld when asked by Bob Schieffer of CBS about Iranian liaison with U.S. forces in Afghanistan: "You're going to see new relationships coming out all across the globe." From today's NYTimes by W. Saffire. nytimes.com

To: DMaA who wrote (205546)	11/29/2001 9:39:25 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Senator Patrick J. Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the Bush administration was failing to "respect the checks and balances that make up our constitutional framework." Senator Leahy of Vermont was one of several committee members, mostly Democrats, who sharply criticized the administration's approach. He noted that Congress quickly enacted an antiterrorism bill last month with the cooperation of the administration. "In the wake of that achievement, the administration has departed from that example to launch a lengthening list of unilateral actions," Mr. Leahy said, referring to the batch of executive branch orders putting new initiatives in place. Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania was the only Republican to voice displeasure with the administration; he complained that Congress was not consulted about the plans for military tribunals. "It was surprising to me that the attorney general did not consult with any member of the committee," Mr. Specter said. When Mr. Chertoff began his response by saying that the president and attorney general regard Congress as a "full partner" in the fight against terrorism, Mr. Specter interjected, "How can you talk about full partnership when nobody let us know this executive order was coming down?"