Sen. Roberts Backs Domestic Spying
That’s the title of the AP’s latest mischararization of the NSA’s intercept program.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts on Friday strongly endorsed the Bush administration’s argument that the president has the authority to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance in the U.S. in pursuit of terrorists. Presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush have intercepted communications to ascertain enemy threats to national security, Roberts, (R-KS), said in a letter to the chairman and ranking Democrat of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
I know this upsets the liberal Bush-haters but I’ll get over that. Sen. Roberts is exactly right and he isn’t apologizing for his opinion. That’s why I’ve always liked Sen. Roberts. He’s no-nonsense and he’s a serious thinker, especially on national security issues.
Having a heavyweight like Roberts send a letter of support for the NSA program will have a positive effect on the hearings, at least with Sen. Specter. It’s a little dicier with respect to Sen. Leahy, though.
I’d also like to issue a challenge: The first person that sees the Agenda Media outlets like the AP, the Washington Post or the NY Times not mischaracterize the NSA program should drop me the link to the article via this article’s comments. In return, I’ll add you to my blogroll at Let Freedom Ring AND I’ll write an article acknowledging your find.
I’ve read upwards of 100 articles on this topic and I haven’t found an instance of them getting it right. In fact, I’ve heard Democrats complaining that the President is trying to spin this issue by not calling it a domestic wiretapping program. That’s chutzpah, people.
“Despite legal analysis by some critics, I am confident that the president retains the constitutional authority to conduct” such spying when the primary purpose is the collection of foreign intelligence information regarding foreign powers, Roberts wrote in his 19-page letter to Sens. Arlen Specter, (R-PA), and Patrick Leahy, (D-VT). Leahy is among Democrats who have questioned President Bush’s authority to conduct the domestic spying program.
Sen. Roberts is right because all 5 cases on this issue have held that the President has the Constitutional authority to order these intercepts.
Cross-post at LetFreedomRing
February 3rd, 2006 at 4:54 pm
It is beyond bizarre that media dictates we fight a war sans counter-espionage, with eyes shut and hands tied behind our backs. But, that’s not enough, they also demand a lawyer accompany each platoon, sort of like the political officers on Soviet subs, multiplied by ten thousand. Our paramount enemey in this and the last war is none other than our own media. We should take them out like the garbage, starting with the collaborators at New York Times.
February 3rd, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Senate Intelligence Chairman: Bush Can Spy
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts said Friday the Bush administration's domest