Spector gets a conscience

Wow, Arlen Spector must have had an epiphany or something. Either that or he grew some hair on that chest and decided to get the corncob out of his rear and do what is right. I remember back in the day when he was about as conservative minded as they came. Remember Anita hill? But I think after reading the article below you'll agree that he may be coming around to being a decent person. I am also glad to see him not falling for Cheney's continued stall tactics.

" Washington CNN — The Republican chairman of a Senate committee said Sunday he is prepared to call telephone company officials to testify about a domestic wiretapping program if he doesn’t get cooperation in talks with the Bush administration.

“If we don’t get some results, I’m prepared to go back to demand hearings and issue subpoenas if necessary,” Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter told CNN’s “Late Edition.”After a public spat last week with Vice President Dick Cheney over congressional oversight of eavesdropping and other issues, Specter said Sunday that a telephone call and letter from Cheney Thursday marked a “step forward.”

Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday sent a stinging letter to Cheney threatening a “constitutional confrontation” and calling for increased cooperation from the administration on the National Security Agency’s no-warrant eavesdropping program.
Cheney responded in a letter Thursday saying the NSA doesn’t need congressional approval to run the program.

Cheney wrote that the administration is willing to work with Congress “in good faith” to reassure lawmakers concerned about the program. But he added, “there is no need for any legislation” authorizing the NSA to monitor calls between people in the United States and terrorism suspects overseas without a court order..."