--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 8/19/06 5:39:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > A clever poll with not too subtle spin. Nobody approves of the NSA > tapping > > domestic calls. The calls in question are calls from suspected > terrorists > > coming into the US from foreign countries. But the poll doesn't > state that. It > > just asks if people would approve of impeachment if Bush approved > of wire taps > > without a warrant, which could be a call between any two American > citizens > > within the country and that is not what the NSA is doing. It has > been known > > and common knowledge since the story broke that the calls being > tapped are > > calls entering the US and from known terrorist suspects. > > The point is that if there's no judicial oversight, > they can wiretap anyone they want. What this poll > says is that the American people don't trust Bush > to limit the wiretapping to suspected terrorists > calling into the U.S. from abroad. > > > > > What this poll says is the democrats are trying to politicize the issue and > scare Americans into thinking that Bush is listening in on their private > conversations. But as the debate went on through the spring, it didn't work. > People realized Bush has much more important things to do than listen in on > their > personal conversations and would much rather have him be able to implement > the program and not be tied up with silly bureaucratic red tape when the NSA > has to be able to move quickly on incoming phone calls that are a matter of > national security. >
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