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Columnist Joe Klein argued that the Democrats are on the wrong side of the debate over the Bush Administration's eavesdropping on citizens without a court order [Jan. 16], but he misrepresents the situation. No one objects to wiretapping to prevent terrorism. It is the unchecked power to order surveillance that is worrisome. When the President can decide without oversight who the enemy is, there is nothing to prevent his spying on anyone he chooses. There is simply no way to tell if presidential power is being abused. Klein touts the successes of the spying program and laments that...
...Aaron J. Klein: The Israeli government and security establishment has been shocked by the scale of Hamas's victory, because it was expecting the movement to win no more than about one third of the seats. But Israel is for the time being simply going to watch from the sidelines and see how developments play out on the Palestinian side. It's too soon to tell how the institutions on the Palestinian side are going to be reorganized - will Hamas govern alone, or will it share power? And also whether, and how quickly, there will be changes in the leadership...
...Praise and Blame Joe Klein's column "It's Time to Pin a Few Medals," in which he pays "homage to those who have taken risky stands on principle" even when he has disagreed with them, left me feeling as if I were living in an alternate universe [Dec. 26-Jan. 2]. Klein's praise of President George W. Bush for his words about the importance of freedom and democracy holds little weight against Bush's inept response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster or his mostly failed approach to curtailing global terrorism. Perhaps it would be more appropriate for Klein...
Senator Charles E. Schumer ’71, D-N.Y., joined the co-ed arts and letters society Signet during his undergraduate years at Harvard, but he was never a final club member, Schumer spokesman Izzy Klein said yesterday...
...country. You agree on some things and you disagree on others, but you work out the differences with dialogue and respect for each other. That is the way things are supposed to be. What an amazing concept! Doug Weaver Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. Praise and Blame Joe Klein's column "It's Time To Pin A Few Medals," in which he pays "homage to those who have taken risky stands on principle" even when he has disagreed with them, left me feeling as if I were living in an alternate universe [Dec. 26?Jan. 2]. Klein's praise of President...