Comments on: Congressional Idiots Telling al-Qaeda How To Subvert Our Protections

By: lurker9876

lurker9876 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:20:44 +0000

“Nothing in the myriad explanations and excuses by and for Gonzales and Bush electronic surveillance alters the fact that any wiretap that intercepts a communication of an American citizen without a warrant is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. 1,000 wiretaps = 5,000 years in prison and a $10,000,000.00 fine.”

That’s because this is not happening at all.

By: Soothsayer

Soothsayer — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:28:10 +0000

Nothing in the myriad explanations and excuses by and for Gonzales and Bush electronic surveillance alters the fact that any wiretap that intercepts a communication of an American citizen without a warrant is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. 1,000 wiretaps = 5,000 years in prison and a $10,000,000.00 fine. As for al-Qaeda: Al-Qaeda'a threat in Iraq has been vastly overemphasized, despite the fact that they are not the major problem:

Despite President Bush's recent insistence that al Qaida in Iraq is the principal cause of this country's violence, senior American military officers here say Shiite Muslim militias are a bigger problem, and one that will persist even if al Qaida is defeated. In the months since, as congressional criticism grew, Bush has gone even further, calling al Qaida in Iraq "the same people" responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, though al Qaida in Iraq didn't form until after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and has at best only hazy ties to the al Qaida of Osama bin Laden. Few officials on the front lines, moreover, think that defeating the terrorist organization would end Iraq's troubles. They paint a far more complex vision of the violence than is evident in Washington-based [or Stratasherista] pronouncements about al Qaida's involvement.

By: MerlinOS2

MerlinOS2 — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:54:20 +0000

Terrye

I am sorry , but I don’t understand your logic here.

Leaks were happening when the Dems were in the minority.

The only difference now is they are trying to do it in a more public manner up front rather than having to broker it through a third party.

Also some have speculated that it was more the center stayed home with a pox on both houses rather than the right sitting it out.

Granted some of that occurred but some figures I have seen shown the center stay home was worse.

I have seen speculation that a repeat may happen again due to the perceived lack of any real inspiring choices in the current backers dozen plus on the combined lineup we are looking at now.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:29:28 +0000

I hope to God everyone of those conservatives who stayed home to send a message to the GOP is happy.

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:17:26 +0000

Meanwhile, al Qaida leadership continue to be rounded up across the globe.

By: Right Voices

Right Voices — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:27:10 +0000

New Al Qaeda Web Ad Threatens ‘Big Surprise’……

Allah has a good roundup. Geoff offers some perspective, as does Ace. AJ Strata has a must read: Congressional Idiots Telling al-Qaeda How To Subvert Our Protections
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By: Right Voices

Right Voices — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:27:10 +0000

New Al Qaeda Web Ad Threatens ‘Big Surprise’……