Cry panic and unleash the dogs of war


Vice President Richard Cheney strongly defended warrantless wiretaps the other day, and said that if the government was violating our fourth amendment rights prior to Sept. 11, then the terrorist attacks that killed 3,000 Americans might not have happened:
Cheney insisted that the highly classified program, authorized by President George W. Bush after hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, had helped prevent potential terrorist attacks and did not violate civil liberties.

"If we'd been able to do this before 9/11, we might have been able to pick up on two of the hijackers who flew a jet into the Pentagon."

"They were in the United States, communicating with al Qaeda associates overseas, but we didn't know they were here plotting until it was too late," he said.
You know what else might have prevented 9-11? A memo titled Bin Laden determined to strike in US. Or a President more focused on al Qaeda and national security, and less on stem cell research and paybacks for the Gulf War.

This is not great war leadership. It's panic.
5.1.06 01:33
 


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