One of the arguments that we keep hearing about the warrantless wiretaps is that it could of helped prevented 9/11 if the “tool” was available prior to the attacks. That is another point that is totally false. The FBI actually wanted to tap Moussaoui prior to the attacks but didn’t do so because their lawyers […]
It appears that more and more Democrats in Congress was telling the NSA their wiretapping program was not legal. WASHINGTON – The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee told President Bush Wednesday that the White House broke the law by withholding information from the full congressional oversight committees about a new domestic surveillance program. […]
Bush has sure taken on a different tone this week. He has been more forthcoming in his speeches and started agreeing with Senate on controversial legislation (the torture ban). He even accepted responsibility for faulty intelligence this week which lead to the Iraq war. The question is – why? Perhaps you have to look no […]
YesterdayI reported on Deborah Davis who is facing federal charges for not showing her ID to a police officer on a bus during a random check. Today we learn about the Pentagon wanting to expand it’s powers to operate domestically and investigate citizens of this country: This from the Washington Post: The Defense Department has […]
Bush tried to rewrite history yesterday by saying: “more than 100 Democrats in the House and the Senate, who had access to the same intelligence, voted to support removing Saddam Hussein from power” Today in the Washington Post, we find out he stretched the truth on that line. President Bush and his national security adviser […]
Now that phase two of the investigation into the intelligence failures leading up to the Iraq war is to be completed, we are starting to see some documents come out that were classified before. One document in particular has been obtained by the New York Times and will appear in Sunday’s edition. Thankfully it is […]