Posted on 12/28/2005 6:14:31 AM PST by SuzyQ2
Al-Qaeda knew it was under surveillance in America, but it didn't know much about that system. Soon, it will know and will use this knowledge to its advantage. While some among us are rotating their pre-9/11 planet back in time, future jihad is railing against another of its enemies' fatal weaknesses.
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This is so sad but true.
Strangly, it seems most people are so cowed by the PC crowd anymore that no one even cares.
American liberals have a vested interest in the United States losing this war. American conservatives do not have the guts to call them on it.
""So, in sum, they want the government to "catch" the terrorists but not to "watch" them."
" I am not able to figure out how the U.S. can catch the jihadist terrorists if it doesn't monitor them. And how can the defense and security institutions monitor an enemy in a state of war, if it provides them with the knowledge and the technology it is using.
The liberties of Americans are too cherished to be infringed. It is the terrorists' freedom that needs to be shrunk. We need to match our laws with the nature of the conflict, not allow the terrorists to use them against us. Laws are made to protect the people, not to be used against them by the enemy."
If Walid Phares isn't an integral participant helping Washington with the WOT, he sure should be.
bttt
Rasmussen: National Security Agency (64% Support)
Rasmussen Reports ^ | 12/28/05 | Rasmussen
Posted on 12/28/2005 8:51:37 AM EST by bnelson44
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548048/posts
December 28, 2005--Sixty-four percent (64%) of Americans believe the National Security Agency (NSA) should be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 23% disagree.
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Americans say they are following the NSA story somewhat or very closely.
Just 26% believe President Bush is the first to authorize a program like the one currently in the news. Forty-eight percent (48%) say he is not while 26% are not sure.
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"Top Secret" Front Page News
Front Page Magazine ^ | Dec. 27, 2005 | Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu
Posted on 12/27/2005 10:59:59 PM EST by FairOpinion
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547918/posts
Catch them, but do not watch them!
well of COURSE! because all these terrorists need is a big hug and a bunch of dem-style government funding and all their problems will go away.
More likely they have not thought it out that far ahead.
Never underestimate what they are capable of. Never.
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Rasmussen: National Security Agency (64% Support)
Rasmussen Reports ^ | 12/28/05 | Rasmussen
Posted on 12/28/2005 5:51:37 AM PST by bnelson44
December 28, 2005--Sixty-four percent (64%) of Americans believe the National Security Agency (NSA) should be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 23% disagree.
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Americans say they are following the NSA story somewhat or very closely.
Just 26% believe President Bush is the first to authorize a program like the one currently in the news. Forty-eight percent (48%) say he is not while 26% are not sure.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548048/posts
I am sure the Traitorous NYT will spill much more in the future. They, and the loony left liberals, think they have the upper hand on impeachment now that this has been disclosed. I cannot believe the ranting and rage on talk radio by the libs and their 4th amendment rights. I find it soooo hypocritical they will never speak badly of their heros- Kennedy, Carter, and the first black president - Clinton, all of who used the NSA in the same manner.
"The Bush administration, inheriting a pre-9/11 legal system, is struggling to balance between civil liberties and terror. But its critics haven't moved past September 10: They want to use a system designed against the mafia to play with the most lethal forces of the globe."
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