The Roanoke Slant

After loosing 3,000 of our people here on our own soil on 9/11, and in-addition to all our losses prior to that, and enduring the 911 Commission extravaganza, The Editor and his left-wing associates still don’t understand that we are AT WAR!
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Listening in on emails and telephone calls by folks who are under investigation for connection to terrorists is NOT A BAD THING!
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How many times have the righteous members of the 911 Commission told us how stupid and naïve our government was for not getting the information that could have been gathered and then "connecting the dots".
Incredibly on that Commission was Jamie Gorelick, a high-level lawyer in Clinton’s justice department, who was a key author of directives that kept our intelligence and law enforcement people from even talking to each other prior to 9/11 no less getting the data they needed.
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The bottom line is simple for most of us:
We are at WAR
We need to get as much advance information about terrorist plans as possible
This is NOT a domestic crime situation where we wait until a crime is committed, then we investigate
If there are reasonable intrusions upon privacy – they are less disturbing than the personal intrusions when we enter an aircraft for a trip
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Relative to the numerous following Roanoke Times articles that explain what a big issue this is:
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What responsibilities do all these "kibitzers" have?
When the next attack occurs who will hold them accountable?
What role are they playing in protecting us?
How are they helping find, fix, fight and finish our enemies before they kill us?
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Roanoke Times:
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12/17/05, Pg A 8: Lawmakers demand inquiry into allegations of domestic spying. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis said this shocking revelation ought to send a chill down the spine of every American.
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12/17/05, Pg Va 7: Editorial: Bush subverts checks and balances. A presidential order allowing warrantless spying on American citizens goes far beyond even the Patriot Act in eroding constitutional liberties.
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12/18/05, Pg 1& 15: Bush: secret spying is OK. Makes it clear that he doesn’t intend to halt his NSA authorizations. As a result of the media disclosure of this activity our enemies have learned information they should not have. It has damaged our national security and put our citizens at increased risk.
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12/19/05, Pg A5: GOP senators react to spying program. Question if Bush followed terms set in a 1978 intelligence surveillance act.
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12/20/05, Pg 1: Bush defends domestic spying; said leading details was a shameful act. The Attorney General said it was probably the most classified program that exist in the US government involving electronic intercepts of telephone calls and e-mails of people with known ties to al-Qaida.
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Prior items:
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2005/12/patriot-act.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2005/08/pre-911-info.html
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