Posted on 12/17/2005 7:26:12 AM PST by STARWISE
He's mad .. and rightfully so. Without any notice, his Sat. radio address was televised live. He's putting Congress and the press on notice that he's got the authority to do what he's done to protect US .. that Congress was notified at least a dozen times about these NSA oversights .. and that the press leaks and any such security leaks are illegal and are aiding and abetting the enemy. Whoo .. fireworks to come, and go get 'em W!
Uh huh.
Your opinion to knowledge ratio is way too high. Come back when you actually have something worthwhile to go with your irrelevant statute-spouting.
Exactly. The Dems their allies in the media will stop at nothing in their hate-driven jihad against Bush.
Ladies and gentlemen I do believe we have another troll.
You are a RAT! You are a traitor and an anti-American enemy sympathizer!!!
Go back to the DU where your diseased type belongs!
LLS
Tom, for some reason I can't get the video link to play. I would love to see Pres. Bush's facial expressions & body language! Any other links available? Thanks.
Yesterday the existence of this secret program was revealed in media reports, after being improperly provided to news organizations. As a result, our enemies have learned information they should not have, and the unauthorized disclosure of this effort damages our national security and puts our citizens at risk. Revealing classified information is illegal, alerts our enemies, and endangers our country.
As the 9/11 Commission pointed out, it was clear that terrorists inside the United States were communicating with terrorists abroad before the September the 11th attacks, and the commission criticized our nation's inability to uncover links between terrorists here at home and terrorists abroad.
Two of the terrorist hijackers who flew a jet into the Pentagon, Nawaf al Hamzi and Khalid al Mihdhar, communicated while they were in the United States to other members of al Qaeda who were overseas. But we didn't know they were here, until it was too late.
The authorization I gave the National Security Agency after September the 11th helped address that problem in a way that is fully consistent with my constitutional responsibilities and authorities. The activities I have authorized make it more likely that killers like these 9/11 hijackers will be identified and located in time. And the activities conducted under this authorization have helped detect and prevent possible terrorist attacks in the United States and abroad.
The activities I authorized are reviewed approximately every 45 days. Each review is based on a fresh intelligence assessment of terrorist threats to the continuity of our government and the threat of catastrophic damage to our homeland. During each assessment, previous activities under the authorization are reviewed. The review includes approval by our nation's top legal officials, including the Attorney General and the Counsel to the President. I have reauthorized this program more than 30 times since the September the 11th attacks, and I intend to do so for as long as our nation faces a continuing threat from al Qaeda and related groups.
The NSA's activities under this authorization are thoroughly reviewed by the Justice Department and NSA's top legal officials, including NSA's general counsel and inspector general. Leaders in Congress have been briefed more than a dozen times on this authorization and the activities conducted under it. Intelligence officials involved in this activity also receive extensive training to ensure they perform their duties consistent with the letter and intent of the authorization.
This authorization is a vital tool in our war against the terrorists. It is critical to saving American lives. The American people expect me to do everything in my power under our laws and Constitution to protect them and their civil liberties. And that is exactly what I will continue to do, so long as I'm the President of the United States.
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He couldn't be MORE factual or clear .... tomorrow's address is a MUST SEE .. 9PM Sunday.
I've apparently missed quite a bit. What did he say?
is anyone watching CSPAN1 the dems are out and speaking about Bush's chat this morning. I am so furious. Are they kidding. I hate them, I hate them so much!!!!!!
Nice job of connecting the dots! Thanks.
<< Mo1
The leak was definitely timed to detract from the enormously successful Iraq elections. Someone needs to plug those leakers before they destroy the country. >>
As if sixty-five years of Communist Party USA and Soviet-agent infiltrated Roosevelt "administration" and activist-DNC control of the machinery of feral gummint and looting of its treasures was not handicap enough, along came the eight years of the Cli'ton Crime Family's control of that machinery and its infiltration with America's enemies and seeding with the sleepers whose awakening is now being marked by the un-and-anti-American activities mis-and-dis-information, corrupted "intelligence" and seditious, subversive and treasonous leaking and aggravated by the so-far five and a half years of wilful blocking of President Bush's replacement nominees.
Truth is, the modern "Democrats" and their fellow- terroristic allies, including those of them that swell the ranks of the permanent bureauracy, would rather destroy the American Nation than accept we have rejected their every offer, form, shape, persuasion, pleading and entreatment.
Actually, he's angry, not map.
In reality, mad means insane, not angry.
Be well :~)
Actually, he's angry, not map.
In reality, mad means insane, not angry.
(more of a classic English definition....)
Be well :~)
That President Bush is using fear tactics to get his way on the Patriot Act.
Thanks Tom.
Everybody go look at it.
The battle is joined!
You got that right!!
MSNBC and Yahoo changed their title that read "Eavesdropping on Americans" to "Approved eavesdropping" and "ordered secret eavesdropping program". Not once did the President state that these were American Citizens but he did say "people in America". This is very significant because foreign national are not afforded ALL constitutional rights as citizens especially during a time of war.
Clink on the "view" button
Paraphrased: "C'MON YE WHO PLOT TO IMPEACH ME. BRING IT FORWARD!"
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