ANN COULTER -- Why We Don't Trust Democrats With National Security

Human Events Online ^ | January 4, 2006 | Ann Coulter

[JDoutrider]

Coulter BUMP!

[Noachian]

Why We Don't Trust Democrats With National Security

Because liberal Democrats are so adverse to offending anybody (except conservatives) that they'd surrender the country before going to war.

[operation clinton cleanup]

In the 20 years preceding the attack of 9/11, the FISA court did not modify -- much less reject -- one single warrant request. But starting in 2001, the judges "modified 179 of the 5,645 requests for court-ordered surveillance by the Bush administration." In the years 2003 and 2004, the court issued 173 "substantive modifications" to warrant requests and rejected or "deferred" six warrant requests outright.

Although I worship the ground Ann walks upon, it might be helpful to know how many total FISA requests each preceding administration made. I only ask, because I know DUmmies will claim Clinton only made 3.. or something like that.

[JerseyDvl]

All hail the queen of conservative columnists!!
Once again Ann has hit a Home Run.

[No Longer Free State]

ping

[JMS]

I have a big problem giving power over national security to any court, the only unelected, unaccountable branch of government.

[Plutarch]

Ann "Chief Justice Roberts is a Souter clone" Coulter.

We don't know yet that Ann wasn't correct in her misgivings. We'll know more in coming months with actual rulings, and in coming years when he might "grow" in Office.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Me to... BIG TIME!

[rawcatslyentist]

Q - Mother May I???
1 - Use counter intelligence to protect the citizens of the US/World?
A - Simon-Dem says...
Only if you are blindfolded with your hands tied behind your back.

Q - Mother May I???
2 - Capture, interogate, and inter enemy militant combatants
A - Simon-Dem says....
Only if you give them allah the rights and citizenship privileges of an ACLU lawyer

ABC CBS NBC CNN its all the SAME, Propaganda.
Might as well call them all AmeriJazerra.
Show them how much Gravitas Hugh Bris has. Vote with your remote! Shut down the Alphabet channels.

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Kill A Commie For Mommie
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[TexasCajun]

I read this earlier on H.E.

So, I'm just passing through. ...naturally.

[perfect stranger]

[thoughtomator]

I remember that... October 1998 "March for Justice"

[OldArmy52]

Michael Savage, a guy I listen to (S.F. radio station) when I can, is a guy I regard as a semi-loon due to the times he's praised Republican turncoats like the wonderful Senator from Arizona, whose "Campaign Finance Reform" bill decapitated the 1st Amendment during election cycles.

[wizardoz]

Put aside the question of why it's so vitally important to get a warrant from a rubber-stamp court if it's nothing but an empty formality anyway.

That's a good point. It says a lot that Democrats would make a big stink about not going to a court that, according to them, wouldn't make any effort to protect anyone's rights anyway. Very commie-like. "You haf your papers??"

[Puppage]

Because the Democrats believe all conflicts can be solved with talk or limited surgical military involvment

Of course, after stern language fails.

[Whilome]

I'm not sure what Coulter is trying to prove. Look at her third-to-last paragraph, where she says that the FISA court modified or rejected ZERO warrant requests from Reagan, Bush Senior, and Clinton, but modified or rejected 179 requests from Bush Junior. I can only think of two possible explanations for this.

1. Clinton fired all the FISA court members and replaced them with partisan Democrats. But according to Wikipedia, FISA judges are appointed by the U.S. Chief Justice (who was Rehnquist). So Clinton never had the power to politicise the FISA court.

2. Bush is abusing his wiretap powers in a way that Reagan, Bush Senior, and Clinton never did.

The second theory seems to fit the facts much better than the first. Am I missing something here?

[Judith Anne]

2. Bush is abusing his wiretap powers in a way that Reagan, Bush Senior, and Clinton never did

Abusing? And you know this, how?

[Whilome]

I don't "know" it, I'm just inferring it. The FISA court is suddenly rejecting and modifying wiretap requests for the first time in its existence. I'm just trying to figure out why. There's either something wrong with Bush's wiretap requests, or something wrong with the FISA court itself. Can you suggest a third possibility?

[concretebob]

I have to agree with the "missing Barbara Olson" part.
My wife is a ringer for Mrs.Olson, in looks and philosophy.
Now, if I can just get her to start writing books, everything would be fine.

[AZ_Cowboy]

Thanks for the ping.