Bush was Right!

When confronted by the NY Times with a story about the administration's NSA program of warrantless wiretaps and email surveillance, President Bush immediately called for an investigation of the leak, citing irreparable damage to national security. My immediate reaction was "Du-uh, don't you think Al Quaeda already presumed that the government was tapping their sat phones and cell phones if possible?" Where is the risk to national security because just because we now know that there were warrantless searches as well as those backed by warrants from the FISA court.

Well, I stand corrected. I have just learned that national security WAS compromised by disclosure of the NSA program of warrantless searches!

"How?" you might ask? Well, the Washington Post reported today that the FISA court, led by Justice Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, will meet shortly to be briefed on the program and discuss the legality of the NSA surveillance program. According to the Post's "government officials knowledgeable about the FISA court," there is concern among the judges that some of the warrants issued by the court may be tainted by the secret surveillance program and will be voided. There was even concern by one judge that the FISA court could be disbanded if the administration does not need its warrants.

Do you see the damage that the NY Times story has done? The NY Times may cause the voiding of warrants on suspected terrorists (Matthew Cooper? Howard Dean? Sen. Harry Reid?) and even the disbanding of the FISA court!

Yes, when the President lies to lead our country into an unjustified war, destroys our international reputation and tramples on the constitution, our national security will be sacrificed. The only question seems to be, who can he hang the blame on!