Bush has defended the use of the wiretaps by quoting the Authorization for Use of Military Force passed after 9/11. It "granted all needed" powers. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has told the President that this allows him to legally allow the wiretapping of American citizens within the US with out a warrant.
The President has said that the wiretaps are only used when a person has "known links to Al-Qaeda". But really, who decides that?!?! So far, the American people have been lied to. The intelligence was wrong which led us to war and was passed off of as truth. No matter if Bush did it knowingly, him and his team still promoted and went to war on a lie.
This new found power also allows the permanent expansion of powers for the President that will go unchecked. As the War on Terror will go on for years, so will the wiretaps. President Bush said that he has the authority because we are fighting the War on Terror, and because the war will not stop in the foreseeable future, the wiretaps will also not stop for years to come.
We must safeguard our civil liberties. Bush said that whoever gave out the information about this program committed a shameful act. But without that person telling the story we would not know of this injustice which is currently happening to the American people. Congress must act for the fate of civil liberties might hang in the balance.
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True - we would not know about it, and neither would THE ENEMY.
Here is a reality check for all of you lovers of irony:
--Wasn't it the NYT (and other liberal media) who cried foul over the "outing of covert CIA operative" Valerie Plame? Where is their outrage over this leak? The Able Danger cover-up?
--Following the 9-11 Commission Report, wasn't it the NYT (and other liberal media) who accused President Bush of not doing enough to protect us? And now they are ANGRY because he is protecting us TOO MUCH!?
As the President said in his radio address, and again today during his candid press conference, his job is to protect us to his best ability and within the bounds of law. It would seem to me that he is doing just that.
The job of the New York Times, and other newspapers, is supposed to be bringing new information to the masses - hence the word NEWS. And there is nothing new about this year old story being used as a political grenade - that may in fact ultimately harm those who pay to read it.
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