Another "Emily Latella" moment for the Democratic Party. Just sort of tops off the end of the week for them. Once again wackados, Bill Clinton was President in 1998.
Posted on 01/13/2006 3:38:03 PM PST by Republican Red
Truthout's Accidental Truth
Left wing Truthout has breathlessly issued a press release claiming they have a document proving that President Bush authorized NSA wiretaps prior to 9/11/01.
The National Security Agency advised President Bush in early 2001 that it had been eavesdropping on Americans during the course of its work monitoring suspected terrorists and foreigners believed to have ties to terrorist groups, according to a declassified document. ( http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB24/nsa25.pdf ) And what does that declassified document (PDF) reveal? Just the bottom half of the cover page alone reveals quite a bit:
Now let me ask you the same three questions I asked at Balloon Juice:
When was this document prepared? December, 2000, but deriving from NSA Manual 123 Dated February 24, 1998.
Who was President during these dates? William Jefferson Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001).
When was Bush inaugurated? January 20, 2001.
Without even going past the cover sheet, it appears that the NSA programs covered by this particular document date to Bill Clinton’s second term, from three years before Bush took office.
Another "Emily Latella" moment for the Democratic Party. Just sort of tops off the end of the week for them. Once again wackados, Bill Clinton was President in 1998.
But did they use FISA warrants in order to conduct the spying?
Won't matter. sHill had IRS and FBI files of rivals during the CLITon years...
sniff? A little early mebbe, but check out its other post.
Hmm..
*calls in the air support*
```When was this document prepared? December, 2000,```
Hey, isn't that the same month the "Millenium Report" that Sandy Berger stole was prepared?
see #9.
Hmmm.
'Ole Bill wouldn't want to let his admirers to know he was spying on Americans. Good catch.
More subtle than usual. I think the pic and sarcasm in the other post points to a troll.
There are a couple of "Decembers" that need the sniff test, IMO.
Yeah.
Probably our multiple returning retread yet again.
He's been around alot lately.
Yeah.
A guy by the handle fo A Russian finally got caught 'out there' a day or three ago.
He'd signed up in November.
"Hey, isn't that the same month the "Millenium Report" that Sandy Berger stole was prepared?"
No, that was a year earlier.
you are so right!
Bush's fault.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/13/103350/780
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2039722
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x129973
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x130918
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