Bush Lobbies Again for Surveillance Law

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday lobbied again for an intelligence law allowing government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails, as the tone of the dispute between the White House and Congress over terrorist surveillance grew increasingly sharp.

"To put it bluntly, if the enemy is calling into America, we really need to know what they're saying, and we need to know what they're thinking, and we need to know who they're talking to," Bush said at the start of his annual meeting with the nation's governors at the White House.

"This is a different kind of struggle than we've ever faced before. It's essential that we understand the mentality of these killers," Bush said.

The law in question targets foreign terrorist threats and allows eavesdropping on communications involving people in the U.S., so long as those people are not the intended focus or target of the surveillance. The latest version of the legislation expired on Feb. 16, and the rules reverted to those outlined in the 30-year-old Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/25/bush-lobbies-again-for-su_n_88408.html

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President Bush holds up a copy of the Quiet Revolution Report, produced by the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, as he addressed the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

[Deny and Shred]

1. This is completely 'Bush' league. I sure hope 'folks' see through this

Three times today he begs the House. Sticks to your guns, House Dems. Your Senate brethren did sell out, but as J.Conyers said, I can't grant immunity if I don't know the crimes I'm forgiving.
Earth to GWB, if your hubris hadn't prevented you from even asking the FISA court for warrants, they would have granted them, and you wouldn't have the Telecoms worried about lawsuits. Do it right the first time, with a very compliant court, and you'd have what you ask for.
But that isn't the real reason now, is it. This isn't about preventing terror, it's about covering your tracks.

[rocktivity]

2. We aren't against wiretapping, Georgie. We're against WARRANTLESS wiretapping!

You STILL haven't explained why you can't do the kind of wiretapping you want WITHOUT A WARRANT!

:headbang:
rocknation

[rcsl1998]

3. BINGO!

[aggiesal]

4. I'm the DICTATOR! ...

So pass this law now, so me and my buddies can get our
get-out-of-jail-free card or I'll give congress a :spank: :spank: :spank: