Thursday, February 16, 2006

SENATOR ROBERT BYRD'S SPEECH 2-15-06 . . . a must read

Senator Byrd delivered a scathing indictment of the President's secret wiretapping operation --

Mr. President. in June 2004, 10 peace activists outside of Halliburton, Inc., in Houston gathered to protest the company's war profiteering. They wore paper hats and were handing out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, calling attention to Halliburton's reported overcharging on a food contract for America's troops in Iraq.

Unbeknownst to them, they were being watchedPosted by Picasa

"The culture of secrecy which has deepened since the attacks on 9/11has presented this nation with an awful dilemma. In order to protect this open society are we to believe that measures must be taken that in insidious and unconstitutional ways close it down? I believe that the answer must be an emphatic "NO"!
click on the link to read entire speech

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