Bush Video on New York Slimes Times Intel Leak

EVEN RICHER! Here is video on President Bush slamming the New York slimes Times on the Intel "eavesdropping" leak earlier today, sorry for the poor screen quality, be happy I caught it at all! Just click play.

 

 

 

 

The Revolution will be blogged (by Jeff Goldstein)

Goldstein references Charles Martin, who writes:

It would appear that the Times is admitting that they released this information, knowing it would damage national security.

see update:  Silent Running points to Executive Order12333, signed by Ronald Reagan, from which Bush is likely asserting his executive powers.

also

A reminder:  50 USC 1802:

(a)
(1) Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year[...]

Periodic review, we’re told, happened every 45 days.

The rapidity and forcefulness of the President’s response should frighten those who raced to find fault here.  But then, when there are no consequences for making accusations, why not just go ahead and see what sticks, right? (Jeff Goldstein)

Hat tip Tom P via Protein Wisdom

Comments

[neverforget]

No matter how hard treasonous leftists and their media try to make al-Qaeda cells and supporters in the United States into Americans, they will fail as long as President Bush is in office. And if you think you are going to impeach him, think again you slimy traitors.

My money is on J. Rockefeller and his aides as the leakers of this classified program. I doubt if anyone from the NSA did it, but the CIA in its previous role as a central intelligence clearinghouse could have.

Anyone now wonder why the Pentagon did not want Able Danger talked about?

[Kvatch]

No matter how hard treasonous leftists and their media try to make al-Qaeda cells and supporters in the United States into Americans, they will fail as long as President Bush is in office.

Too bad "neverforget," Atlas, and most of the rest of the right seem unable to look at the bigger picture.

NSA has historically been one of the most effective of agencies at doing it's job--which, by the way, does not inlcude domestic surveillance. In fact, it's expressly against their charter. For Bush to order them to participate in obviously illegal activity is mind-numbingly stupid--about par for the course for Bu$hCo since he could have chosen any number of other agencies but didn't.

[neverforget]

I guess you forgot to read the part about the Congress and the FISA court having been informed and that there was periodic review by the Department of Justice.

And, I doubt you know very much about the NSA.

It is not domestic surveillance to intercept communications by foreign agents inside the United States to outside the United States.

So, go play on your anonymous blog along with the rest of your oh, so smart traitors.

[lowandslow]

Too bad "neverforget," Atlas, and most of the rest of the right seem unable to look at the bigger picture.

You're worried about big brother listening in on your heavy breathing with your mistress and we don't get the bigger picture? Fuck off.

[Kvatch]

You're worried about big brother listening in on your heavy breathing with your mistress and we don't get the bigger picture? Fuck off.

Profane and off-topic. As always, a perfect little echo chamber.

[Larry Sadler]

The only legal justification that Bush gave for such and act, was his right as President . Meaning that he could just ignore the court set up by the 1978 Foreign Intellligence Surveillance Act to authorize eavesdropping on terrorism suspects, not to mention our Fourth Amendment rights that might have been violated. Are you going to keep passing every illegal thing that is done by this Administration.