Comments on: CIA Screw Ups Were Really FISA Blinders

By: ivehadit

ivehadit — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:26:44 +0000

Telling the truth is not smearing. But then, we know that the party of “is,is” really will never understand what that means…

By: BarbaraS

BarbaraS — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:12:40 +0000

There’s that word “smear” again. If the left want to idolize the fabricator-in-chief that’s their privilege. Just don’t accuse the right of “smearing” when we catch him in his lies. This guy has strained his credibility to the limits. Anyone who believcs any thing he says is either brain dead or brain washed.

By: Seeing the Forest

Seeing the Forest — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:58:15 +0000

Another Smear On Bill Clinton Circulating…

In 1998 President Clinton launched a major attack on al Queda and tried to kill Osama bin Laden:The United States launched cruise missile strikes in Afghanistan and Sudan yesterday against centres allegedly linked with the terrorist bombings of two Ame…

By: DubiousD

DubiousD — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:30:58 +0000

Must-read interview with National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell on FISA:

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_6685679

One excerpt:

“There are a couple of issues to just be sensitive to. There’s a claim of reverse targeting. Now what that means is we would target somebody in a foreign country who is calling into the United States and our intent is to not go after the bad guy, but to listen to somebody in the United States. That’s not legal, it’s, it would be a breach of the Fourth Amendment. You can go to jail for that sort of thing. And If a foreign bad guy is calling into the United States, if there’s a need to have a warrant, for the person in the United States, you just get a warrant. And so if a terrorist calls in and it’s another terrorist, I think the American public would want us to do surveillance of that U.S. person in this case. So we would just get a warrant and do that. It’s a manageable thing. On the U.S. persons side it’s 100 or less. And then the foreign side, it’s in the thousands. Now there’s a sense that we’re doing massive data mining. In fact, what we’re doing is surgical. A telephone number is surgical. So, if you know what number, you can select it out. So that’s, we’ve got a lot of territory to make up with people believing that we’re doing things we’re not doing.”

h/t: that Captain Ed guy

By: Wake up America

Wake up America — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:17:58 +0000

Newsweek: Report Raises Questions About Bill Clint…

Anyone remember when Chris Wallace interviewed Bill Clinton and Clinton melted down on public television?If you don’t, I have the transcript of that interview from when we posted about it at the time,…

By: CALIFORNIA YANKEE

CALIFORNIA YANKEE — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:06:53 +0000

Clinton Caught In Yet Another Lie…

Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, weigh in on the scathing CIA Inspector’s General Report the CIA didn’t want us to see. Buried on page three of the web exclusive is a passage which shows that Slick Willie lied during his September 2006…

By: lurker9876

lurker9876 — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:49:53 +0000

Terrye,

It depends on how the Democrats play the “lack of political success” with the war in Iraq. After the Democrats lost on the military successes and they lose on the political argument, they would be wise to not play the FISA bill renewal. They would be smart to either do the FISA reform OR abolish FISA entirely. Will they be this smart?

What do you think the Democrats will do after Sept 4th? They seem to be changing their tunes over this war now that more reports coming from Iraq of late are very positive.

By: dhunter

dhunter — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:02:15 +0000

If this gets enough wide spread publicity the Dems would be suicidal to try to limit the FISA provisions again, but then that is what they seem to be some days in more ways than one. And the sheeple are too busy with Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and the next hollyweed junky to pay attention to something that might actually save their ass and their country. Perhaps Jamie Gore-lick should be brought before a committee and actually asked some questions this time. Oh right it’s the Clintons, we don’t need to know.

By: Liberty Pundit

Liberty Pundit — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:32:28 +0000

Did Clinton Lie? Is The Pope Catholic?…

How do you know if Bill Clinton is lying? His lips are moving:
The report also criticized int…
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By: Terrye

Terrye — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:27:21 +0000

Barbara:

i am not sure fighting this fight in Feb will help the Dems. It might backfire on them.

By: BarbaraS

BarbaraS — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:52:27 +0000

Unfortunately the FISA revision only lasts 6 months. This fight will have to be fought again in February. The dems arranging for our enemies to kill us? Is this the way congress protects us? We will never know if safeguards are in place from one year to the next due to dems playing politics.

By: kathie

kathie — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:40:42 +0000

The game is over with the CIA and Clinton lost. I would love to see them brought to their knees. We, the United States of America can not afford another Clinton. Rove could be very helpful to the Republican nominee.

By: dhunter

dhunter — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:58:52 +0000

I think you are right Kathie and now Karl “The Brain” Rove is not a member of the administration and free to voice his opinions and write books, could be fun the next 15 months. Maybe he can force Monicas boyfriend into another red faced fingure wagging moment.

By: kathie

kathie — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:55:22 +0000

I think the answer is simple……why did the leaks happen? Clinton and his group were totally incompetent by design. They did not fight Al Queda. Clinton did not task Tenet to put the CIA on a war footing. Clinton ignored the attack on our soil, the embassies, the Cole. All were acts of war. Clinton did nothing. Clinton had to protect his reputation and he knew Hillary would run for president. So he found a way to make Bush look terrible ( he always had the media in his back pocket) and could use them again. Why……because Bush was someone that the public trusted. First was the Wilson/Plame game, that gave the media and Senate the reason to call the President a lair, over and over again. Make him into someone that was just like Clinton, untrustworthy. Then all the other secret stuff that the President couldn’t respond to because it was secret, FISA, NSA etc. The whole thing was a political game for his ego and to get Hillary elected. Bring down Bush, the Clintons look good. I think it is that simple. PS the reason they demonize Cheney is because he was onto their game and had people in high places who knew what they were upto.

By: lurker9876

lurker9876 — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:46:27 +0000

We should be grateful to have someone like Michael McConnell to fight for the tools his people needed to perform their jobs adequately and successfully.