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December 16, 2005
NYT Reports that Bush Is Doing His Job
During WWII, tens of thousands of Americans were sent to internment camps for our safety.
During the WOT, 500 hundred Americans had people listening to their phone calls.
Pardon me if I don't lose sleep over this:
The National Security Agency has eavesdropped, without warrants, on as many 500 people inside the United States at any given time since 2002, The New York Times reported Friday.
Look, the government shouldn't be allowed to monitor its citizens for no reason. But I am sick of this breathless hysteria over 500 people out of 300,000,000 that were, in all likelihood were involved in terrorism. What about my civil right not to be blown up or die in an anthrax attack?
Bush is doing his job. Thank you, Mr. President.
DOUBLE UPDATE! Joe-Six-Pack and I are listening to Laura Ingraham and a couple of new developments just surfaced via Drudge...
First, however, it should be noted that this NSA program helped capture terrorist Iyman Faris who:
has admitted traveling to a training camp in Afghanistan in late 2000, where he was introduced to Usama bin Laden. Faris admitted that during a meeting in late 2000, one of bin Laden’s men asked him about “ultralight” airplanes, and said al Qaeda was looking to procure an “escape airplane.” Faris admitted that about two months later, he performed an Internet search at a café in Karachi, Pakistan and obtained information about ultralights, which he turned over to a friend for use by al Qaeda.
Faris also admitted that during a visit to Karachi in early 2002, he was introduced to a senior operational leader in al Qaeda. A few weeks later, the operational leader asked what he could do for al Qaeda. Faris said he discussed his work as a truck driver in the United States, his trucking routes and deliveries for airport cargo planes, in which the al Qaeda leader said he was interested because cargo planes would hold “more weight and more fuel.”
According to Faris’ admission, the operational leader then told Faris that al Qaeda was planning two simultaneous attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. The al Qaeda leader spoke with Faris about destroying a bridge in New York City by severing its suspension cables, and tasked Faris with obtaining the equipment needed for that operation. The leader also explained that al Qaeda was planning to derail trains, and asked Faris to procure the tools for that plot as well.
Faris admitted that upon returning to the United States from Pakistan in April 2002, he researched “gas cutters” - the equipment for severing bridge suspension cables - and the New York City bridge on the Internet. Between April 2002 and March 2003, he sent several coded messages through another individual to his longtime friend in Pakistan, indicating he had been unsuccessful in his attempts to obtain the necessary equipment. Faris admitted to traveling to New York City in late 2002 to examine the bridge, and said he concluded that the plot to destroy the bridge by severing cables was unlikely to succeed because of the bridge’s security and structure. In early 2003, he sent a message that “the weather is too hot” - a coded message indicating that the bridge plot was unlikely to succeed.
But the real reason behind this no news story is that the author of the article, James Risin, is releasing his book soon. So this is to sell a book, just like Richard Clarke and his lies, just like Joseph Wilson and his lies, just like everyone that lies about the Administration, they get the lead story on the cover of the New York Times then trotted out on 60 Minutes, Meet the Press and skyrocket to #1 on Amazon.com.
What a stinkin' joke at the expense of our national security. These folks are not only shameless, they are DANGEROUS.
Posted by Aaron at December 16, 2005 10:42 AM
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It really shouldn't be that newsworthy. I knew about the NSA listening for key words/key phrases on international calls 20+ years ago.
Laura Ingraham brought up the timing of this story, when Iraq was voting and when the Patriot Act is up for renewal. I am not sure of the source, but Laura mentioned that this program may have prevented at least one large-scale attack.
Yes, we need to be vigilant concerning our freedom, but the rules have to change somewhat when we are in a fight for our lives. But then Michael Moore, Woody Allen, and the MSM would like for us to just forget about that incident on 9/11/01.
Every time we step on a public transit bus, subway, airplane, etc...we should thank the Lord and President Bush. We will find out more about what was prevented, further down the road.
This is simply selective indignation. The MSM and their fellow travelers would be all in favor of a national registry of guns, "to protect us" from terrorists, but they get gunched up over this. That speaks volumes.
Posted by: joe-6-pack at December 16, 2005 11:06 AM