Public not getting all the facts from the media

The Reporter ^ | Dec 27, 2005 | Tom Leary

[Ben Mugged]

"Intelligence abuse," "abuse of civil liberties," and "should be done within the law" are some of the terms utilized in a recent editorial criticizing President George W. Bush for authorizing the National Security Agency to spy on suspected terrorists~snip~. Certainly, now that The Reporter is owned by out-of-towners, it has the requisite tools and access to the facts, and should not be dependent on the New York Times for its information or for its editorial policy.

The media continues to assail the president for supposedly instituting "a major shift in American-intelligence gathering practices," according to the Times, when the fact of the matter is that as far back as President Jimmy Carter, such intelligence gathering was legal. President Carter signed Executive Order 12139 on May 23, 1979, authorizing warrantless surveillance.

On Dec. 4, 1981, President Reagan signed Executive Order 12333 authorizing the collection of information on U.S. citizens. ~snip~

On July 14, 1994, Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, under President Clinton, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, saying: "The Department of Justice believes, and the case law supports, that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes." Those who today are concerned that we are losing our civil liberties were not whining back then. No, they were notably silent.

Those who accuse President Bush of violating the law obviously do not know what the law is, nor have they read the law. Title 50 of the U.S. Code, Chapter 36, Subchapter I, Section 1802, states: "(T)he President, through the attorney general, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year," under certain conditions. The terrorists in the United States are communicating with terrorists outside the United States.

[Ben Mugged]

In October, authorities in Los Angeles uncovered a plot by four Muslim men to attack three California National Guard facilities. Of the four that were indicted, three of them were American born. The terrorists inside the United States and the terrorists outside of the United States are bent on one thing: the destruction of America.

The president needs the ability to apply all tools in the war on terror, both foreign and domestic.

[hflynn]

All the facts? How about any of the facts.

[Bullitt]

Once again I have to say that the NY Times in my opinion, has committed treason as well as those who have leaked the NSA op to them. The public takes the media's word for things on many issues. This is why most of the MSM is trying to cover up the truth: Illegal journalism at it's finest.

[mlc9852]

"Journalists" these days are so lazy if not downright dishonest. They continue to become more irrelevant.

[ExcursionGuy84]

Any Facts? In my Birthday wishes! All of the MSM are "S.O.S"

[Ben Mugged]

According to the McCurtain Daily Gazette, in the days after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the U.S. government used a spy satellite to gather intelligence on a white separatist compound in Oklahoma. The paper obtained a Secret Service log showing that on May 2, 1995, two weeks after the April 19 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 people, the FBI was trying to locate suspects for questioning. Investigators zeroed in on the compound in nearby Elohim City. "Satellite assets have been tasked to provide intelligence concerning the compound," the document said, according to the Gazette and Associated Press. The Gazette noted that "America's spy-satellite program is jointly under the control of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DoD). Targeting decisions are classified; however, persons familiar with the project say any domestic use of these satellites is barred by agreements between the CIA and DoD." Photo-reconnaissance satellites that gather intelligence from space usually target hostile governments and foreign terrorists. "The domestic use of a military satellite for domestic spying is a violation of DoD and CIA regulations regarding the proper use of top-secret national security satellites," the Gazette reported.

I wonder who authorized this?

[C210N]

"(T)he President... may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order ... to acquire foreign intelligence information ... The terrorists in the United States are communicating with terrorists outside...

Well, lets not go Overboard on this! We needn't go so far as spy on all of {Ted Kennedy's, John Kerry's, Hitlery's, Dingy's, calls from the NYTimes offices...} overseas phone calls.

[God luvs America]

not only that, the "gotcha" and "get it out first" mentality continues to dig into what little remaining credibility they had...

[jmaroneps37]

"Public not getting all the facts from the media"
Hey now! Boy that's a novel concept!

[downtoliberalism]

Public not getting all the facts from the media
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What's new?

[P-40]

I wonder who authorized this?

And if that paper has the Secret Service logs...do they have the entry discussing the video of the explosion and the additional suspects involved? I've been meaning to write to that paper...