White House: Corporations that helped in wiretapping are "patriotic"

[ck4829]

"The telephone companies that were alleged to have helped their country after 9/11 did so because they are patriotic."
- Dana Perino

Sounds like something out the COINTELPRO handbook, how they used "good Americans" to help them spy on other Americans, doesn't it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

[gratuitous]

1. Doesn't sound very patriotic to me

I'm thinking that Dana Perino and her pals have a very different definition of patriotism.

[Elidor]

3. Defiance of the law is suddenly worthy of a good citizen award!

Intercept all the emails and phone calls of everyone in America without a warrant so the government can illegally siphon information for citizen databases, and instead of being a corporate crook, you're an outstanding patriot! Woo!

It all makes me want to :puke:

It's beyond understanding that all those democratic senators voted for this monstrous crap.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Patriotic AND they made a few bucks off the deal.

The very definition of a Republican.

[TahitiNut]

4. Yeah. Nothing spells "patriotic" like violating the BIll of Rights. Uh-huh.

Despicable turds!

[riderinthestorm]

5. Up is down, black is white, patriotic is violating the constitution, etc. nt

:nuke:

[rustydog]

6. And the Nazis thanked the "Patriots" who turned in Jews and

other enemies of the state.