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January 24, 2006
AG Gonzales thinks you are stupid
Attorney General Gonzales defended the Bush administration's domestic spying program today at a Georgetown Law School forum.
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.
Bullshit!
#1. The same FISA law which the Bush administration is violating with this spy program allows them to retroactively get a warrant. Obviously that means that getting a warrant is zero impediment to "immediate and without delay" actions to protect America.
#2. If the FISA law allows retroactive warrants and the Bush Administration so clearly doesn't want to make this spying program legit by getting those warrants... It begs the question of WHY?
#3. AG Gonzales would have us believe that phone calls between al Queda operatives within the United States do not constitute the "imperative" that phone calls between the United States and other countries do and therefore do not necessitate warrantless spying on American citizens. In what alternate reality does that twisted logic make any sense at all???
Posted by Kevin at January 24, 2006 10:57 AM
