Rockefeller's Letter

As we learned already, a few key members of the Senate were briefed on the NSA spying program, a fact made known by the GOP to imply that Congress was obviously okay with it. Shockingly, this approval is likely not the case. From Talking Points Memo yesterday came news that Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV) released a letter he sent the Vice President on July 17th, 2003. As Ranking Member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Rockefeller was given a short briefing on the program and wrote a handwritten letter to Cheney objecting to the program. Quite ominous at the end is Rockefeller noting to Vice President Cheney that he is keeping a copy of the letter for his own records. No doubt the Senator knew this would blow up in the White House's face and he wanted a record that he opposed it and gave Mr. Cheney a warning.

You can read the letter here:
Letter from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) to Vice President Cheney regarding NSA domestic wiretapping, July 17th 2003