Reuters: Bush Defends Scope of Domestic Spying

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Bush Defends Scope of Domestic Spying

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 1 minute ago

WASHINGTON -
President Bush defended the scope of the government's domestic surveillance programs that have riled privacy advocates and threatened to impede the Senate confirmation of Bush's new pick to lead the CIA.


"The privacy of all Americans is fiercely protected in all our activities," Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address. "The government does not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval. We are not trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans."
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Without specifically confirming the database effort, Bush defended the intelligence activities he has authorized, saying they are focused on al-Qaida terrorists and their affiliates. He reiterated that they are lawful and that appropriate members of Congress, both Republican and Democrat, have been briefed on the surveillance activities.

"Americans expect their government to do everything in its power under our laws and Constitution to protect them and their civil liberties," Bush said. "That is exactly what we are doing. And so far, we have been successful in preventing another attack on our soil."

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1. Don't make me laugh

> "And so far, we have been successful in preventing another attack on our soil."

Hardly "preventing." You just haven't ordered one up yet. Got to wait until, say, October for it to have the "desired effect."

[electropop]

2. So far Bush has failed to prevent the biggest attack in US history.

Despite numerous explicit warnings, thousands of hours of tapped phone calls, Moussauoui in custody, etc, Bush ignored the advance warning of 9/11 and let it happen. He's been tapping our phones since well before 9/11, so the claim that this has something to do with preventing terra is silly on its face.

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3. I'm waiting for that particular fact to register on a majority of...

...Americans. Once they realize for a fact that the NeoCons knew the 911 attacks were coming and did nothing to stop them, or worse yet, allowed them to happen, impeachment of His Chimpness will be back "on the table".

[NoodleyAppendage]

4. FUCK YOU...YOU FASCIST SIMPLETON DICTATOR.

Your day of reckoning is at hand. Soon America will be restored as you are led away from the WH in handcuffs and leg chains. I hope your "faith" is shaken as you are raped repeatedly in jail, you fucking threat to democracy.

Sorry...I just had to let that out.

J

[HuffleClaw]

5. "known affiliates"

hmmmmmmmm

[truthisfreedom]

6. "we have been successful in preventing another attack"= "we failed to

protect the US from the first attack even though we were warned again and again and again and again..."

[Ms. Clio]

7. Since the spying started BEFORE 9/11

you clearly failed to prevent the first attack at all, Chimpy.