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To: Miss Marple

http://www.powerlineblog.com/

That's the title of Debra Burlingame's op-ed in this morning's New York Post. Debra defends the NSA terrorist surveillance program, on which hearings are getting underway today in the Senate. She notes an NBC report that I didn't know about:

Missing in the debate over the program to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists without a warrant is the question of whether or not it works.
A 2004 NBC report graphically illustrated what not having this program cost us 41/2 years ago. In 1999, the NSA began monitoring a known al Qaeda "switchboard" in Yemen that relayed calls from Osama bin Laden to operatives all over world. The surveillance picked up the phone number of a "Khalid" in the United States — but the NSA didn't intercept those calls, fearing it would be accused of "domestic spying."


I believe that Debra will be attending the Senate hearing today. Filmmaker Andrew Marcus will be there on behalf of Pajamas Media. Our own Paul Mirengoff will be with Andrew, I think, for at least part of the day, as they try to snag interviews with Senators, witnesses and observers. It will be nice to have at least one "journalist" on hand who actually understands the legal issues that the Senators will be pontificating about.

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1,106 posted on 02/06/2006 10:28:51 AM PST by Thumbellina (As I recall, Kerry referred to terrorism as "overrated".)
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To: Howlin

Also, Leahy and Kohl


1,108 posted on 02/06/2006 10:29:51 AM PST by conservativebabe ("I came here to chew bubble gum and kick @ss, and I'm all out of bubble gum")
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