> "Apparently Bush can replace the fired attorneys - he > doesn't need the approval of Congress, according to > Arlen Spector, the author of the provision in the > U.S.A. Patriot Act." > Richard J. Williams wrote: > > As you know, Specter said he hadn't even read it. > > jstein wrote: > You, on the other hand, said he had *written* it: > Well, somebody wrote it - but you'd expect that Arlen Specter would have at least read the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Is this what we pay congressmen to do - work three days a week and waste the taxpayers hard-earned money by passing legislation that they don't even read?
"It was then-Chairman of the Senate Judicary Committee, Senator Arlen Specter who technically added the provision expanding executive power." 'Attorney Firings: What the White House Wanted to do, But Didn't' By Aziz Huq Huffington Post, Wednesday March 14, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20070314/cm_huffpost/043401
