Update (12/17): Bush responds to the dunces:
Defending the program, Bush said in his address that it is used only to intercept the international communications of people inside the United States who have been determined to have “a clear link” to al- Qaida or related terrorist organizations.
He said the program is reviewed every 45 days, using fresh threat assessments, legal reviews by the Justice Department, White House counsel and others, and information from previous activities under the program.
Without identifying specific lawmakers, Bush said congressional leaders have been briefed more than a dozen times on the program’s activities.
So the screaming-banshee politicians were briefed ahead of time, the warrantless monitoring was done on international communications (as I wrote yesterday), the program is reviewed by the Justice Department, and Bush says he will continue monitoring international communications that may be linked to Islamofascists, despite what liberals say. Good for him.
I guess lazy reporters have got to create news out of something, don’t they?
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Do we advance against terrorism to make America safer or do we retreat? – Senator Bill Frist
Islamofascists hiding out in the United States must be ecstatic, visions of 72 virgins dancing in their murderous heads.
Determined to undermine national security and leave Americans vulnerable to Muslim terrorist cells because they hate George Bush, Democrats in Congress decided that rejecting “the Bush Administration’s” Patriot Act is worth the gamble of another terrorist attack.
The America-hating journalist who wrote this story frames it as a defeat for President Bush, when it’s really a defeat for all Americans and a stunning victory for Muslim terrorists hiding in the woodwork like roaches.
The Supreme Court made a “law” that allows government to snatch private property for the lamest of reasons, yet the Bush Administration’s “defeats” make headlines. They put out headlines like this, and you can feel how painful it is for them to admit the “spying” involves warrantless monitoring of international communications, not domestic.
How do naysayers propose we get the goods on terrorist thugs if we can’t monitor their communications without them knowing? A little common sense is applicable. Obtaining a warrant would alert the thugs, and the communications would likely stop or go deeper underground. It’s a delicate balance between protecting “civil liberties” and ensuring that all limbs remain attached to our bodies.
Speaking of bodies, while Americans are getting felt up and removing their shoes in airports, and illegal aliens are downstairs working on the planes, Islamofascists will rest easy chatting up their brothers about which hotel or restaurant or public conveyance they plan to blow up, all without that nosy imperialist pig, Great Satan, listening in on the other end.
Dunces — journalists, politicians, people who disagree with me for no other reason than to be contrary— the whole lot of them.
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