Has Mountain Meadows Mitt disavowed his statement to wiretap and "monitor " mosques?

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Has Mitt Romney disavowed his statement to wiretap and "monitor " mosques?


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Has Mitt Romney disavowed his statement to wiretap and "monitor " mosques?
by: Susan H
Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 07:43:53 AM EST

Has Mitt Romney ever disavowed this?

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?"

Because if he has abandoned that statement I can't find it.

Has he ever been asked if one is allowed to videtape/monitor or wiretap what goes on in Mormon temple? According to this link parents and friends of a couple getting married in LDS Temple cannot attend and are excluded from witnessing the ceremony if they are not members in good standing- how does does Mitt like the question he posed turned on his religion- "''Are we monitoring that? Are we wiretapping? Are we following what's going on?"? from the
parent of a bride excluded from witnessing their daughter's wedding?

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691 days, 3 hours, 44 minutes, 49 seconds


Has Mitt Romney disavowed his statement to wiretap and "monitor " mosques?
by: Susan H
Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 07:43:53 AM EST

Has Mitt Romney ever disavowed this?

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?"

Because if he has abandoned that statement I can't find it.

Has he ever been asked if one is allowed to videtape/monitor or wiretap what goes on in Mormon temple? According to this link parents and friends of a couple getting married in LDS Temple cannot attend and are excluded from witnessing the ceremony if they are not members in good standing- how does does Mitt like the question he posed turned on his religion- "''Are we monitoring that? Are we wiretapping? Are we following what's going on?"? from the parent of a bride excluded from witnessing their daughter's wedding?

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Romney wants Americans to respect his religion, and it seems from his 77 slide power point presentation, he believes his religion's privacy is sacrosanct and he is not willing to extend that courtesy to another religion.

It serves him right that he finds himself in third place in a poll of NH Republicans.

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