Sen. Jay Rockefeller on Democratic memo announcing plans to play politics on Senate intelligence committee, on MSNBC: "The memo is not a memo

* Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D., W.Va.) on Democratic memo announcing plans to play politics on Senate intelligence committee, on MSNBC: "The memo is not a memo. The memo is just an option thing which staff prepared for me." ... Sen. Kit Bond (R., Mo.) on Rockefeller's "option thing," on CNN: "Nobody's been fired for putting forward this blatant political effort.

And this undermines the ability to do our job on a bipartisan basis to make sure we get the best intelligence available." ... Sen. Zell Miller (D., Ga.) on same, on Fox News: "I think heads should roll. We're in war. You don't aid and abet the enemy. You don't inhibit or compromise intelligence at a time like this." ... Al Gore on Bush administration: "They have taken us much farther down the road toward an intrusive, Big Brother-style government--toward the dangers prophesied by George Orwell in his book 1984--than anyone ever thought would be possible in the United States of America." ... Jimmy Carter on Guantanamo detainees, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "This is a violation of the basic character of my country, and it's very disturbing to me".... Ralph Nader, according to Associated Press: "I think the Democrats can be fairly charged with chronic whining, and they ought to look at themselves first and foremost."