Quotes of the Week: Russert and Feingold on Bush Wiretaps

"The law is very clear that a person is guilty of an offense unless they get a court order before seeking to wiretap an American citizen. Why did the president not get a court order? "

-----Tim Russert on NBC's Meet the Press, December 18, 2005
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"The President believes that he has the power to override the laws that Congress has passed. This is not how our democratic system of government works. The President does not get to pick and choose which laws he wants to follow. He is a president, not a king."

----- Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), December 17, 2005
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