what happens when you want to run for PreznitWiretap mosques, Romney suggests
Pushes gathering of intelligence
By Scott Helman, Globe Staff | September 15, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Governor Mitt Romney raised the prospect of wiretapping mosques and conducting surveillance of foreign students in Massachusetts, as he issued a broad call yesterday for the federal government to devote far more money and attention to domestic intelligence gathering.
In remarks that caused alarm among civil libertarians and advocates for immigrants rights, Romney said in a speech to the Heritage Foundation that the United States needs to radically rethink how it guards itself against terrorism.
"How many individuals are coming to our state and going to those institutions who have come from terrorist-sponsored states?" he said, referring to foreign students who attend universities in Massachusetts. "Do we know where they are? Are we tracking them?"
"How about people who are in settings -- mosques, for instance -- that may be teaching doctrines of hate and terror," Romney continued. "Are we monitoring that? Are we wiretapping? Are we following what's going on?"
hey you boston folk, how did this idiot get elected again?
― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)
i think this state is plagued with Republican governors because of the odd balance of liberalism and Puritanical values. it's what makes us love the Kennedys but not allow them to buy their liquor on Sundays (at least until recently anyway).
― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 15 September 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)
The thing that's bizarre about Romney is that some random crackpot will say "GOLDURNIT BUG THE MOSQUES" and everyone here will ignore or savage them, but Romeny say "GOLDURNIT BUG THE MOSQUES" and half the people go "Hmmm, not a bad idea! Let's burn crosses on their lawns while we're at it." I seriously think he's got mysterious arcane powers (which are of course being used for evil).
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 16 September 2005 13:03 (twenty years ago)
What exactly is a "terrorist-sponsored" state?
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― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)
What exactly is a "terrorist-sponsored" state?Sally Struthers is clearly putting her fingers into too many pies.
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:31 (twenty years ago)