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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (71996)	12/26/2005 12:31:50 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81568

I post to this guy something which shows the many similarities between Islam and Christianity. He should take the cue that this is not a war between Christianity and Islam. rather a war between civilized people and a band of uncivilized folks living in caves in Afghanistan. We try to reason with these folks that Bush needs to keep under surveillance, not the mosques in the US but the caves and hiding places of terrorists in Afghanistan etc. And he reacts in the stupidest manner. 2006 will be a watershed year in US politics beginning with the indictment of Karl Rove, the dethroning of crook DeLay and subsequently his conviction, troop withdrawl from Iraq (beginning of the end of an imperialist war and not a war on terror) and the taking back of America in Nov. 2006. And possibly Cheney's removal from office.

To: American Spirit who wrote (71996)	12/26/2005 5:45:14 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Powell: 'Nothing Wrong' With Eavesdropping Dec 25 5:46 PM US/Eastern breitbart.com WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday supported government eavesdropping to prevent terrorism but said a major controversy over presidential powers could have been avoided by obtaining court warrants. Powell said that when he was in the Cabinet, he was not told that President Bush authorized a warrantless National Security Agency surveillance operation after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Appearing on ABC's "This Week" Powell said he sees "absolutely nothing wrong with the president authorizing these kinds of actions" to protect the nation. But he added, "My own judgment is that it didn't seem to me, anyway, that it would have been that hard to go get the warrants. And even in the case of an emergency, you go and do it." The New York Times reported on its Internet site Friday that the NSA has traced and analyzed large volumes of telephone and Internet communications flowing into and out of the United States. The program bypassed the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Powell said Congress will need to judge whether Bush is correct in his assertion that he could approve eavesdropping without first obtaining court orders. "And that's going to be a great debate," Powell said. Powell, who also is a former chairman of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff, had no reservations when asked whether eavesdropping should continue. "Of course it should continue," he said. "And nobody is suggesting that the president shouldn't do this."