A comment Bush would probably like to take back

December 20, 2005

Last year, Bush wanted to ease public concerns about civil liberties in the post-9/11 era, so he emphasized the significance of court orders (via Atrios).

“[T]here are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so. It’s important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution.”

Granted, this was in the context of a discussion on the Patriot Act, not FISA. But given the president’s unambiguous declaration that court orders and “constitutional guarantees” are necessary, even when “chasing down terrorists,” it’s the kind of comment that’s awfully inconvenient for the White House now, isn’t it?

“constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution.”

Depends on how they define “value” I think. Apparently “value” is defined very much like the “cash value” of a coupon from Burger King. It has none.

I-M-P-E-A-C-H

“Nothing has changed, by the way”

  • Just another example of the emptiness of George Bush’s words. How anyone gives any credence to any syllable that he utters is beyond me.

  • One would need the computing power of the NSA to keep track of the reality which Bush’s words are intended to hide.

  • Bush’s statement would be inconvenient only of the major media listened to the Carpetbagger, picked up the quote and ran with it. A CNN graphic showing the quote next to a shot of Bush getting in his helicopter would work wonders — but it ain’t gonna happen. No one outside the blogosophere recalls Bush’s comment.

  • Bush Caught on Tape: “A Wiretap Requires A Court Order. Nothing Has Changed.” ..lol…

    “Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so. It’s important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution.”

    watch here … what an idiot !

    http://thinkprogress.org/

  • Theu lied their way into office and they will continue to lie, It does not matter because for a base Bush has a group of people that do not rely
    on evidence to establish a belief system.
    As long a bush courts the Christians and promises to force us all to be christians he wil;lhave support and a base fromwhich to continue his
    crime spree.

  • They lied their way into office and they will continue to lie, It does not matter, because for a base, Bush has a group of people that do not rely
    on evidence to establish a belief system.
    As long a bush courts the Christians and promises to force us all to be christians he will have support and a base from which to continue his
    crime spree.

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