BYRD SHOT Hits White House's CONTEMPT for Oversight & The Rule of Law... {"Just trust us!"}

Atrios here, has a transcript of a speech by that wise old coot, Senator Robert Byrd.
Here's a sample (pictures added):

Because the President says “trust me.”...In the name of “fighting terror” are we to sacrifice every freedom to a President’s demand? How far are we to go? Can a President order warrantless house-by-house searches of a neighborhood, where he suspects a terrorist may be hiding? Can he impose new restrictions on what can be printed, broadcast, or even uttered privately, because of some perceived threat to national security? Laughable thoughts? I think not. For this Administration has so traumatized the people of this nation -- and many in the Congress -- that some will swallow whole whatever rubbish that is spewed from this White House, as long as it is in some tenuous way connected to the so-called war on terror....I plead with the American public to tune-in to what is happening in this country.

Amen, brother Bob! Preach on!
More at the link above, Herb.