A word from Major C.
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Major C. writes from Baghdad:
I'm writing to you via my "official unsecure email" so you can see that I'm what I say I am; a soldier, officer, currently stationed in Iraq. Baghdad, actually. As such, this is personal to me.
The NSA program is out, and is for all intents, OBE. What al Queda and other terrorists groups knew beforehand, or know now, are simply points to be debated, as your post acknowledges. The program will continue until President Bush leaves office.
The more important part of this exposure, to me, is still to come. That is, do the candidates who wish to replace President Bush support the idea that we should use all legal means necessary to find out what the terrorists are doing to kill our families, and that those programs should have their constitutionality worked out behind closed doors with the advice and consent of the Congress; or do the candidates support the idea that there are inherent rights that terrorists hold, even as they try to kill us, and that newspapers have the right to notify them of programs that may interfere with those rights, regardless of the legality of that program.
The New York Times could not possibly have known what the President discussed with Congress about this program. The Left seems to be arguing that the intercepts were justifiably written about in an open forum, available to our enemies, because they may be illegal. I don't support that view of things, and I don't believe most Americans do. Such exposure used to be treasonous. I'm anxious to see that point discussed by the candidates. I'd like to make sure that the politician I am voting into office in 2006 or 2008 understand that there are appropriate forums to discuss the legality of such black programs, and they do not include the New York Times.
The Left is so wrapped up in BDS that they are now on the record supporting constitutional protections to non-American members of a group who have already killed thousands of Americans. I need to know which side of that debate the candidate supports. |
