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A White House Response to Senator Feingold

Chastised by Russ Feingold for extrajudicial spying, the President who would be king invokes the divine right of kings.

Calvin Trillin

December 21, 2005

“The President believes he has the right to overrule laws the Congress has passed. He is a President, not a king.” –Senator Russell Feingold

As long as I’m in charge, Russ, I’ll spy on those who merit it. If this is not a throne, Russ, Just how did I inherit it?

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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