• Regardless of the former Massachusetts governor’s position on the NSA wiretapping program, in 2005 he suggested that it might be alright to wiretap mosques and conduct surveillance of foreign students in Massachusetts. http://www.itconsulting.com/features/technology-presidential-vote-candidate-positions-020507/

• former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who has been criticized for changing his views on gay rights to conform with conservative views, said he thought Pace's comments were “inappropriate for public discourse.” …“He can believe what he wants to, that's the great thing about America — believe in what you want. But in a governmental setting, the right way to go is to show more of an outpouring of tolerance,” Romney said on CNN's “Larry King Live.” …He said he didn't think the “don't ask, don't tell policy” made a lot of sense, but added he wouldn't change it now.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/16/politics/main2578241_page2.shtml

• ROMNEY: “I am glad [detainees] are at Guantanamo. I don’t want them on our soil. I want them on Guantanamo, where they don’t get the access to lawyers they get when they’re on our soil. I don’t want them in our prisons, I want them there. Some people have said we ought to close Guantanamo. My view is we ought to double Guantanamo.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/16/romney-guantanamo/

• “Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney thumped former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the “sanctuary” policy that stopped New York City workers from reporting illegal immigrants. Giuliani accused Romney of tolerating the same policy in Massachusetts cities while he was governor.” Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_el_pr/gop_analysis?=&submit=Done