Bush: "..part of the terrorist strategy..They blend in with the civilian"

[sabra]

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/13708106.htm

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"We've seen that part of the terrorist strategy is to place operatives inside of our country. They blend in with the civilian population. They get their orders from overseas and then they emerge to strike from within," he told reporters, after speaking behind closed doors to NSA employees and going on a tour of the agency.

"We must be able to quickly detect when someone linked to al-Qaida is communicating with someone inside of America," he said.

They ("terrarists"), some time even go by the names of John Kerry, Howard Dean, and even Michael Moore!

[Avalux]

1. He's really going there, isn't he.

That's the ultimate goal, to be able to quicky go after anyone, including American citizens, call them terrorists and throw them in jail without recourse. Since there will be no overseeing authority or laws in place, no one can stop him from doing it to ANYONE.

[katsy]

2. yeah they blend in...

so you want to phucking wipe out all americans and get it over with? I mean we're bleeding slowly to death because of *'s policies so why not break out the baseball bats and club us to death.

[Demit]

3. Oh no! They're everywhere! They're all around!! They're under the bed!!!

Fuckhead.

[DemInDistress]

4. sure..all those anti bush anti iraq war terrorists blend in well

didn't the CIFA recently spy on anti war people who were handing out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?

[terryg11]

5. yeah, and they are going to spell out their strategy on the phone

or in email. No code or anything so as long as we monitor everyone's privat life we'll know what's going on.

[ClintonTyree]

6. Hey, these terrorists DO blend in and they're destroying our country

they're called, r-e-p-u-b-l-i-c-a-n-s and they're everywhere. BushCo. has done more to undermine our Constitution and destroy our freedoms than any terrorist.

[bullimiami]

7. liar liar LIAR!

[bluedog]

8. I believe one whould have to know Arabic first

and seeing there is a shortage of translators..........bush is full of shit!!


and Congress DID NOT give him authority to spy

Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jan-24-06 10:50 AM
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We did not give him the authority for illegal spying on Americans, period.





JIM LEHRER: The attorney general just said this surveillance was authorized by the resolution passed by the Congress to use military force after 9/11, that the war powers that you and the members of Congress gave the president all includes this sort of thing.

SEN. PATRICK LEAHY: Well, of course, it does not. I was there when that happened. I remember just briefly before we passed the resolution to go after Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Them coming up and saying, by the way, could we expand this to give us other powers beyond the law? We said no.

The White House never came back after that to ask for any further powers. We gave them the authority to go after Osama bin Laden. In fact, many of us, both Republicans and Democrats, were terribly disappointed when we found out that instead of catching Osama bin Laden when we had a chance to catch Osama bin Laden, our most elite forces were yanked out of Afghanistan and sent into Iraq.

JIM LEHRER: But here again what the attorney general says, that there's precedent for this, that when presidents in the past have been authorized to use military force, that means use any kind of tactics that are needed when we are at war, and that includes surveillance or anything else, no?

SEN. PATRICK LEAHY: We acted under the War Powers Act. We gave authority to go into Afghanistan to get Osama bin Laden. I wish the president used that authority. I wish he had caught Osama bin Laden. We'd be a much safer country today had he done that. We did not give him the authority for illegal spying on Americans, period.



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JIM LEHRER: Who has been hurt by this surveillance program?

SEN. PATRICK LEAHY: How do we know? We don't know who -- If as was suggested in Mr. Chertoff's statement that thousands of Americans have been spied on, do we really have thousands of al-Qaida operatives in this country and are we so incompetent in our law enforcement that there are thousands of them? We couldn't catch, oh, maybe nine or ten or twelve or thirteen.

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What I worry about is that this and the data mining -- now we want to go and find out where you and I or anybody else went on the Internet through Google and all. What is this administration trying to do? Are they seeking enormous power to be able to spy on any of us with no reason whatsoever?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june06/leahy_1-2...

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9. That's the scariest thing I've read from the bush gang yet. Maybe they

could just microchip all the good Americans, and have us "scanned" at certain intervals - airports, train stations, grocery stores - and then they'll know who's who.

Where does that logic end if not there?

Where does this path lead if not there?

He's right about one thing - the threat is from within.

[Supersedeas]

10. That makes two (in cahorts?) using fear to take away our freedoms

[Sadie5]

11. What about the home grown terrorist

Tim McVey was right under our noses.

[truth2power]

12. Bush is criminally insane!! n/t

[Nay]

13. What's hilarious about *'s statement is that, right before 9/11, the

terrorists WEREN'T blending in very well -- in fact, they stuck out like sore thumbs to a number of teachers at pilot training schools, FBI agents, etc., and Bush refused to listen to any of them. So how are we to expect that Bush will catch them next time?? What a bunch of bullshit. A way to get all the pantywaists out there boohooing and looking under their beds for commies. Jesus. It makes me sick. It's so transparent and it works.