.Bush Acknowledges Approving Eavesdropping
"WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday he personally has authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S. more than 30 times since the Sept. 11 attacks and he lashed out at those involved in publicly revealing the program. "This is a highly classified program that is crucial to our national security," he said in a radio address delivered live from the White House's Roosevelt Room.Bush is right, just look 90 mile to the south and you will find a paradise free of any terrorism, where the government regularly spies on it's citizens, as a matter of fact, even the sharks are happy.
"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 as long as I am president of the United States," Bush said.
Angry members of Congress have demanded an explanation of the program, first revealed in Friday's New York Times and whether the monitoring by the National Security Agency violates civil liberties."
BreitBart
I know it's not really a shark, but in silhouette it does convey the idea.
posted by madtom at 11:31 AM
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You know it's been bothering me all weekend. I just can't get past this thing, and I have been thinking of a post I want to write, I want to say / ask how come we send out boys and girls to Iraq to fight and die for our rights, yet some people back here at home are willing to hand those very same rights away without the least complaint?
Are those rights more important in Iraq than they are right here at home, should we only defend our rights when they are threatened from the outside?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
When did these words become irrelevant, where does it say that they can be put aside because of a war, or because of terrorism?
If our young men and women are willing to fight to the death to protect our way of life, shouldn't we also be willing to do what we can to protect this country for them. What country are they going to return too?
"I still want to know why this step was taken, there has to be a reason court orders weren't obtained"
Try the usual reasons, because they were tracking political or economic enemies. That one usually works 9 out of ten times it's tried.
"No time for court orders or identification of specific locations or persons involved."
I believe that the supreme court has already ruled on that one. something about inconvenience not being a reason for the government to act outside the law.
"And why those who would leak that information should be hung in a public place."
Or given the medals!
"By the way--those rights can be put aside in a time of war and have been throughout our history. Lincloln and Roosevelt were two of the biggest 'offenders' but we seem to have survived that experience to forgive them."
I don't think those comparisons will fly, they did what they did in the open, Lincoln suspended HC for everyone, not just for selected people or selected cases, and all the Japanese Americans were interred
"What if this assumed violation contributed to the prevention of one or more major strikes?"
And you think that those "liberal Judges" are in on it, right, they all joined al-queda and have sworn allegiance to Allah. And if you look around you would know that they take some time to organize, all the other attacks took like 8 years between attacks. Why should you expect them to change their MO now? Not to mention that the war in Iraq, the so-called fly paper strategy did work, in that it gave them a convenient target to vent their frustrations. and the war in Afghanistan dislodged them from their staging training grounds... I could go on.
" Honestly, I am less comfortable with the random searches at train stations or public events than I am at the thought that calls made by persons with some connection to Islamofascists have been secretly intercepted. "
Usually I would agree, but usually I would know that some impartial judge looked at the case and signed off on it as reasonable. I don't know that in this case.
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