FOXNews.com - FNS w/ Chris Wallace - 'FNS' Interview - Transcript: Sen. Russ Feingold on 'FNS'

FOXNews.com - FNS w/ Chris Wallace - 'FNS' Interview - Transcript: Sen. Russ Feingold on 'FNS':

"FEINGOLD: Actually, I do think this is worse. Not in terms of personal misconduct. Our greatest priority in this country is fighting the terrorist elements that attacked us on 9/11. But when the president breaks the law and doesn't admit that he's broken the law, and then advances theories about being able to override the law on torture, and having a preemptive doctrine of war, what he's trying to do is change the nature of our government.

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He's trying to turn our presidency into an imperial presidency. So this is one of the greatest challenges in our history, to help Congress to stand up and make sure we still have the rule of law and checks and balances. That's actually why it's more significant than the very serious events that occurred at Watergate."