At the end, Will Ferrel says that they initiated illegal wiretaps "months before 9/11."

[BuyingThyme]

Once again the comedian is informing the people far better than the "news" media or the government.

Why do you suppose they did that? Why before 9/11?

Thanks Will!

[leftstreet]

1. Gathering dirt on any opposition?

:shrug:

[L. Coyote]

2. Why? They had to cover up a stolen election! D'OH!!!! Remember, they know they

were guilty! And, they act accordingly.

[BuyingThyme]

3. Funny thing though. They say the wiretapping was initiated

in the interest of monitoring terrorist activities.

If that's the case, it's difficult to understand why they weren't able to prevent the 9/11 attacks.

[jhrobbins]

7. Your mistake is that you expect them to use deductive cyclical reasoning and this

is GWB who.. well, he's the one that put firecrackers in frog's mouths. So, you see your folly here.:shrug:

[babylonsister]

4. Lots of hits in google, so I'll go with TP from Oct 07:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/13/warrantless-wiretapping-in-place-before-911/

Warrantless wiretapping in place before 9/11.

Today, the Washington Post publishes additional details about the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping, noting that the National Security Agency approached Qwest “more than six months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.” But the Body Politik’s Igor Volsky points out that President Bush has claimed that the program was put in place in response to 9/11:

After September the 11th, I vowed to the American people that our government would do everything within the law to protect them against another terrorist attack. As part of this effort, I authorized the National Security Agency to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations. <5/11/06>

Kagro X adds, “If Qwest’s competitors were already abetting this bloodless(?) coup before 9/11, then the ‘administration’s’ domestic spying not only has little if anything to do with response to terrorism, but it also objectively failed to prevent 9/11.”

[BuyingThyme]

6. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=125&topic_id=67153

[babylonsister]

8. That lousy journalist,

JL, how "dare" you?

I'm kidding, who cares. But no.

[BuyingThyme]

9. That was actually me, BT.

[babylonsister]

10. Are you Leopold? Whoa! OK then. It's a bit late, but I'll spread that around! nt

[BuyingThyme]

11. No, I'm BT, not JL.

[1]

5. well, coming from will ferrel...

i absolutely believe it...

[BuyingThyme]

12. ..