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Ted Kennedy, Russ Feingold Discuss Impeachment
Two leading Senate Democrats declined on Sunday to rule out the possibility that President Bush could be impeached over his decision to wiretap terrorists who make phone calls to the U.S. Asked about Rep. John Lewis' complaint that the Bush surveillance program could be an impeachable offense, Sen. Ted Kennedy told ABC's "This Week": "I'm concerned about the abuses of executive power in the areas of torture and the areas of spying - and about how we're treating individuals in terms of the court systems." The Massachusetts Democrat said he agreed with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, whom he quoted as saying: "We're at war but war is not a blank check to a president to override the rights and liberties of the Constitution." "I don't believe that this president understands that," Kennedy added.
Story Continues Below In separate comments covered by the Vermont Guardian, Sen. Russ Feingold told reporters that there needs to be "an orderly and dignified" investigation into the Bush surveillance program. "If there was a legal violation there needs to be accountability," he said. "You can't put the cart before the horse, but I would not rule out any form of accountability." That would include impeachment, Feingold reportedly added. Asked by a supporter whether there was a way citizens could impeach Bush "here and now," the Wisconsin Democrat replied: "I'm not going to prejudge what that accountability should be."
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