Is This Good or Bad? (It Depends On Who's In The White House)

Granddaddy Long Legs ^

[cchandler]

As I've said before, the NSA eavesdropping story is only ground-breaking if you don't know that the ground was broken decades ago.

For anyone who still believes the MSM's alarmist pronouncements that the Bush Administration's domestic spying programs are unprecedented and illegal, you need to read this article over at the American Thinker. It pointedly describes the liberal bias and selective outrage so prevalent in the ongoing coverage of this story.

Here are some of the better revelations:

The controversy following revelations that U.S. intelligence agencies have monitored suspected terrorist related communications since 9/11 reflects a severe case of selective amnesia by the New York Times and other media opponents of President Bush. They certainly didn't show the same outrage when a much more invasive and indiscriminate domestic surveillance program came to light during the Clinton administration in the 1990's. At that time, the Times called the surveillance "a necessity."......

[cchandler]

I'm so tired of the MSM's selective outrage and faux moral indignaton.