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[greenbriar]

Hey, I just thought of this.

Why didn't they bring this up earlier when they were asked about what terror plots they had foiled?

All they could come up with then was the "dirty" bomber Padilla and that loon with the blowtorch on the Brooklyn Bridge.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...5121700456.html

Bush said the program has been reviewed regularly by the nation's top legal authorities and targets only those people with "a clear link to these terrorist networks." Noting the failures to detect hijackers already in the country before the strikes on New York and Washington, Bush said the NSA's domestic spying since then has helped thwart other attacks...

Hundreds and perhaps thousands of people have been subjected to the surveillance, according to government officials. Officials have privately credited the eavesdropping with the apprehension of Iyman Faris, a truck driver who pleaded guilty in 2003 to planning to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge. Bush said other plots have

[Mythsaje]

1. Because I think they're full of shit...n/t

[rzemanfl]

2. No, they just are full of shit. n/t

[fooj]

3. Because they are a bunch of animals backed into a corner...

They'll say and do anything to distract from their obvious crimes.

Peace.

[greenbriar]

10. I feel like the tide is slowly turning

and some americans are waking up???

[BushOut06]

4. They're getting their ideas from Bugs Bunny now

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

[tridim]

5. Lies lies lies

Yea-eh!

The Mayor would have known about it if it were real. Period.

[Swede]

6. It's almost as if they're making it up as they go along.

NT

[1620rock]

8. They are, they just make up shit as they go along. n/t

[TechBear_Seattle]

7. "A clear link to these terrorist networks."

Terrorist networks such as the Society of Friends (aka the Quakers), other opponents to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and cells who think that gay men and women should be allowed to serve in the US Armed Forces openly and honorably. Those are the only "terrorist networks" that we know have been surveilled.

[greenbriar]

9. was that on there?

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