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

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (77613)	6/24/2006 10:56:27 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 81568

I think you have hit the nail right on its head! .

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (77613)	6/25/2006 3:15:19 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 81568

The Bushies are all over the place denouncing the release of secret surveillance by the press. They claim that revealing such data shows our Hand to the terrorists. The Bushies' denunciation of the release of secret surveillance by the press may also be interpreted as: a) It is a reminder that the Bushies have been actively making plans to defeat the terrorists; b) It is also a reminder to the public about the terrorist menace. It is essentially a scare tactic. I will not be surprised to read of more reminders. Recall those yellow, orange and red alerts in 2004? Issuing reminders, without appearing to do so directly but prompted by others, is very important to the Bushies as an election is looming up! .

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (77613)	6/27/2006 8:15:25 AM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81568

Here is another example of Bush "reminding" (but actually scaring) the people about the terrorists. It sounds hypocritical to me. He is actually making an "outburst". It looks very natural and righteous. But what comes with it is the REMINDER. Recall that a constant barrage of reminders have helped him before. Bush calls disclosure of financial tracking disgraceful, harmful By Ron Hutcheson Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON — An angry President Bush chastised the news media Monday for disclosing the government's efforts to track international financial transactions, calling the revelations "disgraceful" and harmful to the war on terrorism. "What we did was fully authorized under the law. And the disclosure of this program is disgraceful," Bush said. "We're at war with a bunch of people who want to hurt the United States of America, and for people to leak that program, and for a newspaper to publish it, does great harm to the United States of America." White House spokesman Tony Snow said Bush's ire was directed primarily at The New York Times, which was the first to report last week that the government sifts through a vast database of financial transactions for evidence of terrorist financing. The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal followed with their own stories on the program, which gives the government access to confidential records from about 7,800 financial institutions worldwide, including virtually every major bank. Experts differ on the legality of the program. Some agree with Bush that it's legal, but question the appropriateness of combing through vast amounts of private information in an open-ended investigation. Others worry that the program lacks sufficient privacy protections and other safeguards against abuse. Bush and his aides also have complained about the disclosure of a warrantless eavesdropping program and allegations of secret prisons for terrorism suspects in Europe. In an open letter published Sunday, New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller said he and other editors concluded that revealing the program wouldn't harm national security. He noted that the Bush administration often touts its efforts to track terrorist financing. In an interview Monday on CNN's "The Situation Room," Keller said: "We spent weeks listening to the administration's case. ... I believe they genuinely did not want us to publish this. But I think it's not responsible of us to just take them at their word." Material from The Associated Press