The NY and LA Times put America's security at risk, today, by exposing a covert anti-terrorist operation.
Despite appeals from the Bush Administration as well as several current and former government officials — both Democrat and Republican — the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times decided to break a story today that could have far-reaching effects on America’s War on Terror.…
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26 - Dave Nalle
Are you suggesting that a left-wing nutjob would not have reported on a story like this?
Dave
27 - Sam
Concerning this subject, below article would be a worth reading: subcoded.com
28 - Mr. Real Estate
Are we more secure now because Treasury and the NSA is using their ability to invade Americans' privacy? That's the question that must be asked, and it must be proven. If Americans' privacy is not being violated, then there' really no concern; it's the invasion of privacy that concerns many.
We seem to be in the 1970s again, what with rampant inflation and misuses of public power. Ronald Reagan capitalized on this sentiment, stating that government wasn't the solution to our problems, government was the problem.
There will be another Ronald Reagan if the fake Republicans in Washington don't start walking like Republicans. Talk just doesn't cut it anymore for me. Bush is just as socialist as any left-wing nut out there. Government spending is at a record high and with interest rates rising that's going to cost my grandkids a ton, especially with the dollar getting weaker. The huge trade deficit isn't helping either, and Bush has done nothing to stop its growth.
29 - gonzo marx
Mr. Real Estate sez...
*Talk just doesn't cut it anymore for me. Bush is just as socialist as any left-wing nut out there. Government spending is at a record high and with interest rates rising that's going to cost my grandkids a ton, especially with the dollar getting weaker. The huge trade deficit isn't helping either, and Bush has done nothing to stop its growth.*
Quoted for Truth
this whole SWIFT story is such a non-issue, imo
we knew from admission that right after 9/11 the government was all up in financial transactions...and from all accounts SWIFT insisted on proper warrants, even as widespread and nebulous as those were...they DID satisfy the bank officials
now, if it was found out that purely domestic transactions are data-mined, then we add another layer...
as for the "outing" of this program, again..why the suprise? it was about as publicly announced as possible...and even the small time drug dealer knows better when it comes to moving money than to do so openly in a trackable fashion...
so...we are forced to conclude that the only "juice" for this whole Story is so the GOP types can bash the MSM some more to fire up their base
another transparent Rovian ploy...
/sigh
Excelsior?
30 - Mr. Real Estate
Smart observation. Ironically, though, it only helps Republicans in Congress; it actually hurts President Bush. Funny how that works.
31 - IgnatiusReilly
I must admit, I am baffled that people think this is some "revelation" by the press. While it might not be politcally correct to say, our country's enemies are smart and this seems like a rather obvious tactic the government would use.
The same goes for data mining phones. Every teenage drug dealer knows not to use the phones for "business", but somehow a group that was able to pull off 9/11 doesn't know such a basic concept.
While we might catch some low level thugs, the big fish are only going to be caught by informants and infiltrating the organization.
Cries of the sky falling from the right seem either disingenous or ignorant.