Howard Dean speaks out about domestic spying

Thank you, Corinne, for pointing out that the man who should be our president has released a statement about Bush's recent admission that he has used NSA to spy on Americans without a court order. It says, in part:

From paying journalists to write positive stories, to allowing lobbyists like Jack Abramoff to peddle influence, to leaking the identity of a covert CIA operative in a time of war, the Republican Party's culture of corruption has to end now. The President claims Congress had the same intelligence in the run up to the Iraq War, but that turned out not to be true. The President claims that leaders in Congress were briefed about the program to spy on the American people, but that turned out not to be true either.

Its time for the President to be truthful with the American people. And while the President yesterday called the leak of his secret program to spy on the American people shameful he hasn't applied the same standards to denounce the leaking of a CIA Agent's identity in a time of war. How can President Bush call the spy program leak shameful, while Karl Rove is still on the White House payroll, and still has his top secret security clearance. What's really shameful is the double standard. This is an abuse of power.

It's un-American, and it's unacceptable. Americans need a President who will keep them safe and enforce the law, we don't need a big brother. Americans know we don't have to sacrifice our basic liberties in order to fight the terrorists. Together, America can do better.

Visit the DNC web site for the full statement and a link to the audio (which also includes audio of the Bush statements Howard Dean is referring to). The site also indicates that a video is coming soon.

Tags: Howard Dean, Democrats, DNC, politics, impeach, culture of corruption


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