"Edward Snowden broke the law by releasing classified information. This isn't under debate"

[midnight]

136. We need to restore the rule of law before we can selectively in force some....

Feingold also blogged about it at Daily Kos:
Our founding fathers laid down a basic principle -- that we are a nation of laws and that no one, including the president, is above the law. From Guantanamo Bay and warrantless wiretapping to torture and excessive secrecy, the Bush administration has turned this principle on its head. The Constitution states that it and the laws of the United States are "the supreme Law of the Land." Yet, the current administration has claimed unprecedented powers as it has ignored or willfully misinterpreted the laws on the books.
While Americans’ decisive call for change this election was a clear repudiation of the Bush administration’s conduct, failing to act swiftly to reverse the damage could essentially legitimize that conduct and the extreme legal theories on which it was based. That is why it is critically important for President-elect Obama to unequivocally renounce President Bush’s extreme claims of executive authority.
Full transcripts of the video clip below the fold. You can watch the full episode here.



http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/bill-moyers-journal-russ-feingold-on-the-rule-of-law/12671884