Posted on 01/29/2006 2:46:46 AM PST by RWR8189
A bit over a week ago, President Bush and his men promised to provide the legal, constitutional and moral justifications for the sort of warrantless spying on Americans that has been illegal for nearly 30 years. Instead, we got the familiar mix of political spin, clumsy historical misinformation, contemptuous dismissals of civil liberties concerns, cynical attempts to paint dissents as anti-American and pro-terrorist, and a couple of big, dangerous lies.
The first was that the domestic spying program is carefully aimed only at people who are actively working with Al Qaeda, when actually it has violated the rights of countless innocent Americans. And the second was that the Bush team could have prevented the 9/11 attacks if only they had thought of eavesdropping without a warrant.
Sept. 11 could have been prevented. This is breathtakingly cynical. The nation's guardians did not miss the 9/11 plot because it takes a few hours to get a warrant to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mail messages. They missed the plot because they were not looking. The same officials who now say 9/11 could have been prevented said at the time that no one could possibly have foreseen the attacks. We keep hoping that Mr. Bush will finally lay down the bloody banner of 9/11, but Karl Rove, who emerged from hiding recently to talk about domestic spying, made it clear that will not happen because the White House thinks it can make Democrats look as though they do not want to defend America. "President Bush believes if Al Qaeda is calling somebody in America, it is in our national security interest to know who they're calling and why," he told Republican officials. "Some important Democrats clearly disagree."
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Thank you for your post # 2
I believe the AP is more dangerous to this country than the NYT and the WP combined.
I just LOVE the Slimes!!
But about SPYING and Abuse of Presidential powers too--my questions I had asked to elsewhere:
NEXT Time some libbie starts in with their " Abuse of Powers" red-herrings concerning phone tapping--hit them with this!!:
Since WHEN did the Original Intent and MOTIVE for " Presidential last days in ofice PARDONS " go from dismissing hardship cases / hardship liens and defaulting on homes.farms/ or past GOOD CITIZEN records being good enough to PARDON the " average -normally Honest America who just Slipped that once and told of REAL Remorse for their actions!!!------
------into a Clinton PARDONING ILLEGAL or past Large legal Campaign DONATORS!! and CROOKS!!! who even NOW are on the RUN!!
Like Carl RICH!!!------A WANTED MAN who FLED as soon as he was pardoned!!!
and the libbies talk about - "...ABUSING PRESDIENTAIL POWERS WHILE IN OFFICE " LIKE THEY TRIED TO ACCUSE PRES. BUSH OF DOING!!
ABUSE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWERS LIKE THE LIBBIES ARE SAYING BUSH DID WITH HIS RIGHT AS COMMANDER & CHIEF DURING A TIME OF WAR!!!!
Darth Airborne
and waht ever DID happen to the DOMESTIC SPYING CELL PHONE interception instance the COURTS declared were NOT illegal because there IS NO " expectation of privacy " concerning RADIO-WAVES in Mid-Air!!---ruled during the CLINTON YEARS because:
some couple justhappened to be driving around just happened to have a 5,000$ CELL PHONE AIR INTERCEPTION Equipment in their Glove Compartment and they not only:
a) Intercepted--Carl Rove?? Trent Lott's--I forgot whose!!!) " private" car cell phone car!!!..and THEN ALSO!!...
b) SENT it to the NEWS and then...
c) the News then PRINTED the Conversation!!!
Talk about ABUSE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWERS!!! that THEY are accusing Bush of!! What a Joke!!
Darth Airborne
I love that post.
Thank you so much.
I always tear up when I hear that song.
The NYT continues to pass the enemy ammunition, just amazing!
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