Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Our Dear Embattled Leader doesn't listen.
But we know that, but he does lie a lot.This time he is trying to have us believe that the NSA was not illegally vacuuming up all the data about innocent Americans phone habits.
And as if to back up his words, BellSouth and Verizon are saying they made no deals with the NSA to turn over data, they weren't even asked for it. But that is the response they are compelled to give if they received one of the new, improved National Security Letters allowed under the "Patriot Act".
Bush has yet to tell the truth and the telcos are glad not to have to tell the truth. Don'tcha just love this country!
"We do not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval," Bush said in an East Room news conference with Australian Prime Minister John Howard.Very careful not to say anything that strays from the talking points. Make sure you remind everybody about 9-11 as often as possible because, as we learned last night, he is making another Potemkin effort at border security.
"What I've told the American people is we'll protect them against an al-Qaida attack. And we'll do that within the law," Bush said.
"This government will continue to guard the privacy of the American people. But if al-Qaida is calling into the United States, we want to know, and we want to know why," the president added.
However, Bush did not respond directly when asked whether it was a violation of privacy for the National Security Agency to seek phone records from telephone companies.
And as if to back up his words, BellSouth and Verizon are saying they made no deals with the NSA to turn over data, they weren't even asked for it. But that is the response they are compelled to give if they received one of the new, improved National Security Letters allowed under the "Patriot Act".
Bush has yet to tell the truth and the telcos are glad not to have to tell the truth. Don'tcha just love this country!
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