"Gonzales Says NSA Criticism Misleading"

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended the Bush administration's domestic spying program Tuesday and suggested that some critics and news reports have misled Americans about the breadth of the National Security Agency's surveillance.

Gonzales said the warrantless surveillance is critical to prevent another terrorist attack within the United States and falls within President Bush's constitutional authority and the powers granted by Congress immediately following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

At a Georgetown Law School Forum, Gonzales said the nation needs "to remember that ... it's imperative for national security reasons that we can detect reliably, immediately and without delay" any al-Qaida related communication entering or leaving the United States.

As he spoke, more than a dozen students stood silently with their backs turned to the attorney general. Outside the classroom where Gonzales was to speak, a pair of protesters held up a sheet that said, "Don't torture the Constitution."

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20060124/D8FB620OF.html

[EC]

1. I think they aren't convincing anyone

just like the Social Security town halls didn't go over so big, I think these aren't either...Oh Well, sorry so many know their rights....

[gratuitous]

2. It ain't just the criticism that 's misleading, Alberto

The administration has put out four or five different stories about how widespread the domestic spying was, who they said was spied on, and what information was and wasn't gathered. Unfortunately, whenever someone tries to get a clear answer from you and your criminal cabal, the story changes again, or the impenetrable Cloak of National Security is drawn.

And if the program truly IS on the up-and-up, why are you so distressed that it's become public knowledge? If you've done nothing wrong, you shouldn't have anything to hide. Or so I've heard.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. What DO they have to hide? I wonder.