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The Vice President made this statement today (about the NY Slimes)
HughHewitt.com ^ | 6/26/06 | Dick Cheney

Posted on 06/26/2006 2:11:34 PM PDT by pissant

THE VICE PRESIDENT: "In the decade prior to 9/11, we spent more than $2 trillion on national security. Yet we lost nearly 3,000 Americans at the hands of 19 men armed with box cutters and airline tickets. In the case of al Qaeda we are not dealing with large armies that we can track, or uniforms we can see, or men with territory of their own to defend. Their preferred tactic, which they boldly proclaim, is to slip into countries, blend in among the innocent, and kill without mercy and without restraint. They have intelligence and counterintelligence operations of their own. They are using the most sophisticated communications technology they can get their hands on.

"In pursuit of their objectives, they have carried out a number of attacks since 9/11 – in Casablanca, Jakarta, Mombassa, Bali, Riyadh, Baghdad, Istanbul, Madrid, London, Sharm al-Sheikh, and elsewhere. Here in the U.S., we have not had another 9/11. Obviously, no one can guarantee that we won't be hit again. But the relative safety of these past nearly five years now did not come about by accident. We've been protected by sensible policy decisions by the President, by decisive action at home and abroad, and by round-the-clock efforts on the part of the people in our armed forces, law enforcement, intelligence, and homeland security.

"Some in the press, in particular The New York Times, have made the job of defending against further terrorist attacks more difficult by insisting on publishing detailed information about vital national security programs.

"The first was the terrorist surveillance program. Sometimes the press calls it domestic surveillance, it is not domestic surveillance. It's a program aimed at the communications that are international in nature – at least one end of the communication has to be outside the United States, and one end has to be affiliated with or associated with al Qaeda.

"The second program that The New York Times has now disclosed is the terrorist financial tracking program, just within about the last week or so. These are both good programs. They provide valuable intelligence. They are very carefully managed to safeguard the civil liberties of the American people. They have been successful in helping break up terrorist plots. They are done in accordance with the Constitution, and there has in both cases – both programs have been properly notified to the appropriate officials in the United States Congress.

"The New York Times has now twice – two separate occasions – disclosed programs; both times they had been asked not to publish those stories by senior administration officials. They went ahead anyway. The leaks to The New York Times and the publishing of those leaks is very damaging. The ability to intercept al Qaeda communications and to track their sources of financing are essential if we're going to successfully prosecute the global war on terror. Our capabilities in these areas help explain why we have been so successful in preventing further attacks like 9/11. The New York Times has now made it more difficult for us to prevent attacks in the future. Publishing this highly classified information about our sources and methods for collecting intelligence will enable the terrorists to look for ways to defeat our efforts. These kinds of stories also adversely affect our relationships with people who work with us against the terrorists. In the future, they will be less likely to cooperate if they think the United States is incapable of keeping a secret.

"What is doubly disturbing for me is that not only have they gone forward with these stories, but they've been rewarded for it, for example, in the case of the terrorist surveillance program, by being awarded the Pulitzer Prize for outstanding journalism. I think that is a disgrace."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: cheney; dbm; emptyrhetoric; enemedia; enemywithin; fifthcolumn; nyt; sedition; treason
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To: Don Carlos
Put your ass on the line for 20 years or so, then see how you feel about media lefties getting a pass for something you WOULD have been prosecuted for.
I'm not knee jerking. I'm Pissed!!!

I'm with you. I'm totally pissed.

141 posted on 06/26/2006 6:16:34 PM PDT by DejaJude (Admiral Clark said, "Our mantra today is life, liberty and the pursuit of those who threaten it!")
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To: DejaJude

Thanks.


142 posted on 06/26/2006 6:28:42 PM PDT by Don Carlos (Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy. (B. Franklin))
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To: potlatch; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; dixiechick2000; Czar; Grampa Dave; Interesting Times
I don't know why that never occurred to me months ago


I'm sure Hillary is thrilled with that one

If North Korea launches their Tappytoe-2 missile the old "missile guidance for cash" from the Klintonista Days will catch on fire

Play The Doors now:

 LIGHT MY   MISSILE 


143 posted on 06/26/2006 6:56:28 PM PDT by devolve (fx 9125_AMERICANS_KILLED_2003_BY_ILLEGALS MEX_ILLEGAL_GOT_911_TERRORISTS_ID NO_NUEVO_TEJAS)
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To: Don Carlos
Thanks.

You are very welcome. Thank you.

144 posted on 06/26/2006 7:00:10 PM PDT by DejaJude (Admiral Clark said, "Our mantra today is life, liberty and the pursuit of those who threaten it!")
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To: devolve

Great post, lol. Great use of music too! We should colorize that missile!


145 posted on 06/26/2006 7:02:54 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: devolve; potlatch; ntnychik; dixiechick2000; Czar; Grampa Dave; Interesting Times
INDICTMENT AGAINST THE NEW YORK TIMES by Henry Mark Holzer
146 posted on 06/26/2006 7:18:07 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: PhilDragoo
The New York Times is not exempt from the Espionage Act . . . .” (Nor, by the way, is that newspaper exempt from the crime of treason.)

Hope they prosecute and shut them down! Thanks Phil.

147 posted on 06/26/2006 7:25:05 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: pissant
"Tar, feathers?"

I have a down pillow I was going to throw out since my dog pissed on it. Perhaps I'll hold on to it a bit longer.....

148 posted on 06/26/2006 7:30:42 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: All; pissant
Congratulations everyone, you've made RawStory: Posters at right-wing board threaten to kill Times editors, reporters.
149 posted on 06/26/2006 7:31:07 PM PDT by rummyelendil (You must be proud.)
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To: pissant
Where
150 posted on 06/26/2006 7:34:49 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Firefox1

Just like Stalin's Potemkin Village.


151 posted on 06/26/2006 7:36:15 PM PDT by dc27
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To: pissant

I just hope after they find the person leaking the information, that they get punished more than Sandy Burglar.


152 posted on 06/26/2006 7:45:19 PM PDT by dc27
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To: rummyelendil

A badge of honor, no doubt. ROFL!


153 posted on 06/26/2006 7:47:41 PM PDT by pissant
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To: dc27

Indeed. Hard time for treason! At least Sandy did not release it to the world.


154 posted on 06/26/2006 7:48:33 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

He looks a "Girlie Man".


155 posted on 06/26/2006 7:56:51 PM PDT by no dems ("Mr. President: Put up that wall.")
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To: pissant

"ANy lawyers out there? Can we have a class action lawsuit against the Slimes for endangering American lives?"

Great idea. Let's start one.


156 posted on 06/26/2006 7:58:16 PM PDT by no dems ("Mr. President: Put up that wall.")
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To: LukeL

Investigate the tax returns of this corporation and every employee, giving close attention to the possibility that some may be living above their apparent means, suggesting that they are receiving compensation from anti-American or at least anti-admininistration sources under the table.


157 posted on 06/26/2006 8:03:28 PM PDT by mathurine (ua)
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To: mystery-ak; Diogenesis; Past Your Eyes; new yorker 77; marsh_of_mists; BenLurkin; TChris; ...

Check out post 149. We made the poop list on some leftwing "news" site. LOL.

this is the same one that has been writing all kind of anti-military "articles". Imagine that.


158 posted on 06/26/2006 8:12:29 PM PDT by pissant
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To: no dems

Metrosexual personified.


159 posted on 06/26/2006 8:14:23 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant; devolve

LOL, thanks for the ping, haven't read the link yet.


160 posted on 06/26/2006 8:16:20 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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