"My natural inclination is to support and trust the President, but I must say, if Clinton were doing this exact thing under the exact same circumstances, I just know we'd be completely outraged."
Clinton did do it, as did Bush Senior, Reagan and Carter. The left is making this out to be a wiretapping debate which it isn't.
If Clinton was doing the exact same thing against a foreign foe who had killed 3000 American Civilians, we would be cheering him. The problem is, while putting up the sanctimonious Gorlic wall between Intelligence and Law enforcement agencies, the Clinton Admin used all sorts of strong arm tactics against it's domestic political opposition. Read the Barret Report when it comes out. The opposition to Clinton was based on his complete failure to do the things he WAS SUPPOSE to be doing to protect the Country.
Please quit confusing your feelings for Clinton with facts.
Also Liberals don't understand that when we cite the Clinton Administration's use of Echelon, we are not using that as an excuse for Bush, we are saying that Clinton was right.
Bob Barr at least is being consitant. He was against Echelon in 1996.