"We killed the Patriot Act"
Posted on 08/11/2006 6:57:37 AM PDT by doug from upland
Surveillance works
TODAY'S EDITORIAL August 11, 2006
Can we all agree now on the necessity of uncompromised terrorist surveillance programs? British authorities said yesterday that "an unprecedented level" of surveillance of meetings, spending, travel and "the aspirations" of terrorists was the key to unravelling yesterday's horrific plot to blow up transatlantic airliners in flight. This may or may not be the result of a "terrorism surveillance program" so controversial of late, but it surely demonstrates the need.
We shudder to think what would have happened in the coming days had the New York Times gotten hold of British or American airline antiterrorism investigations prior to yesterday's arrests. A successful attack would have cost the lives of hundreds, possibly thousands, of innocent passengers travelling from the United Kingdom to North American destinations. People would have been incinerated over the Atlantic Ocean by fanatical Islamist terrorists in an attack which Home Secretary John Reid rightly calls the biggest terrorist threat Britain has ever faced.
The plot-foiling resulted from good intelligence work by MI-6 and Scotland Yard in conjunction with Pakistan and U.S. intelligence agencies. 24 suspects were in custody late Thursday, some or all of whom are reported to be British Muslims of Pakistani descent and citizens of the United Kingdom.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
You might enjoy this from yesterday: BWAHAHAHA - New York Times news desk hangs up over question about not being able to warn terrorists
We shudder to think what would have happened in the coming days had the New York Times gotten hold of British or American airline antiterrorism investigations prior to yesterday's arrests.
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Well, the upside is maybe we would have had enough evidence to shut this traitorous communist rag down for good. It would be nice NOW, to see our government take the issue of treason and sedition SERIOUSLY.
Yeah, I heard Judge Napolitano on John Gibson's "The Big Story" yesterday on FOX. He said that it was the "Patriot Act" - type surveillance in Great Britain that foiled the "Terror in the Skies" plot.
Thank God that Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi weren't in charge on the other side of the big pond. Hey, Dems; are you paying attention?
Thank God for George Bush and the PATRIOT ACT.
I was reading this, and wondering if you'd seen it, after having seen your post yesterday. Then I realized you had posted this! Heh.
America, never forget this.....
"We killed the Patriot Act,"
Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat
"We shudder to think what would have happened in the coming days had the New York Times gotten hold of British or American airline antiterrorism investigations "
That would have been the end of that evil rag once and for all.
This, and similar statements, should be featured and used against the RATS in every competitive congressional and Senate contest.
The sad thing is that some people still don't get it. A caller to a local talk show said this morning that yesterday's events were proof that the NYT was right to disclose the SWIFT surveillance. I have no idea how he could possibly have reached that conclusion, but that's what he said.
Emotional driven bias trumps logic/intellect every time.
>>> British authorities said yesterday that "an unprecedented level" of surveillance of meetings, spending, travel and "the aspirations" of terrorists was the key to unravelling yesterday's horrific plot to blow up transatlantic airliners in flight.
One thing the story does not tell is is whether the surveillance done with or without warrants? Are the Brits able to provide this kind of surveillance of all citizens or only those suspected of terrorism?
The sad thing is that some people still don't get it. A caller to a local talk show said this morning that yesterday's events were proof that the NYT was right to disclose the SWIFT surveillance. I have no idea how he could possibly have reached that conclusion, but that's what he said.
"Emotional driven bias trumps logic/intellect every time."
That's true. I think it's Rush that says, 'for them, it's not what you think, it's how you feel'.
There would be a lot of dead. But knowing that they died so the NYT could protect the right to freedom of the press and to nyah,nyah in the face of Bush. Would have no doubt balmed the hearts of their families.
Why does this guy remind me of a small town funeral director ?
Did he speak with a Middle East accent and say he was calling on his cell phone from a cab he was driving?
"Did he speak with a Middle East accent and say he was calling on his cell phone from a cab he was driving?"
No, he spoke in clear English with no accent at all.
No, he spoke in clear English with no accent at all.
Oh! Hmmm? Coulda been Ned Lamont. Or Harry Reid. Or Ted Kennedy. The list goes on............
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