Now the Bushies want Spy on America hearings so very badly

[warbly]

That is the spin echoed in a post at Slate that is getting a lot of Blogattention.
The post asserts that Bush:

wants congressional hearings to look into his administration's domestic eavesdropping. At first he wasn't so keen on the idea, but yesterday he said they'd be "good for democracy."

Bush and his aides are eager to talk about the National Security Agency's activities because they think the issue benefits them politically.

Bush a few days back - ‘’Any public hearings on programs will say to the enemy, `Here’s what they do — adjust.’ This is a war,'’ - Yeah, he doesn't sound too keen on the idea.

and the view is seconded by another wingnut, Marshall Wittman:

One can question the legal rationale that was employed by President, but there is absolutely no evidence that he was attempting to do anything else but protect America. It might be satisfying for partisans to cast around comparisons to Nixon or Harding, but this was a program to thwart terrorists not for political aggrandizement.

at least that's how it looks from Marshall's bunker i guess.
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i don't think bush wants hearings. this is just the spin now that hearings are inevitable.


and there is evidence of Abuses, already. Russ Tice said he witnessed "abuses" of the program, and Andrea Mitchell still hasn't explained her question about Christiane Amanpour being wiretapped.
Whatever the political fallout, Bring on the hearings, judiciary, intel and even in the house thanks to Conyers.
Let's expose what this program really is.