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Eavesdropping Didn't Help Uncover Terrorist Plot

Posted by kdawson on from the on-second-thought dept.

crymeph0 writes "Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell asserted that the 'Protect America Act,' which frees the intelligence community from pesky things like judicial oversight while they eavesdrop on international conversations, was used to good effect in exposing the recently foiled terrorist plot to bomb US military facilities in Germany. Not so, according to other, anonymous, intelligence community officials. McConnell was forced to admit his errors in a phone call to Sen. Joe Lieberman. Turns out the military got wise to the bad guys months before the law was passed, simply due to alert military guards noticing odd behavior by some passers-by, a.k.a. good old fashioned police work."

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  1. Re:Forced to admit his error? You mean his lie... by Sunburnt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    61% of Democrats believe, or are not unsure, that President Bush knew and participated in the 9/11 attacks.

    Do you have a source for this little gem in your sig? You always want to provide a source for such things, especially when they sound that ludicrous.

    After all, studies show that 87% of Americans uncritically accept fabricated statistics.

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  2. Re:Forced to admit his error? You mean his lie... by 1u3hr · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    61% of Democrats believe, or are not unsure, that President Bush knew and participated in the 9/11 attacks.
    It was a survey from Rasmussen Reports

    So I looked at your reference. Even if I believed the survey, what this actually said was:

    Asked the question, "Did Bush Know About the 9/11 Attacks in Advance?" a shocking 35% of Democrats said "yes," another 26% said they weren't sure, and only 39% said "no." In other words, a stunning 61% of Democrats believed that the President of the United States may well have collaborated in the murder of 3,000 of his fellow citizens.
    What a fucking ludicrous "in other words".

    Those that believe Bush "knew in advance" don't think he "participated", they just think he was an idiot and ignored the warnings or didn't act fast enough.

    Have you stopped beating your wife?