Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report - New York Times

Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report - New York Times:

This is exactly what I expect the NSA to be doing in our fight against terrorism. We should be grateful that our government is doing the necessary surveillance to thwart terrorists' activities. We should be thankful that our President is using every means at his disposal in this war. He is right to continue the NSA surveillance of terror suspects.

Here we have the Times once again predictably suggesting this is sinsiter activity aimed at some perceived harm to Americans or our way of life. This is nonsense As usual, they remain mired in 'left field.' Tell me again who has been harmed here?

The Times continues its blatant barrage to discredit Bush. By so doing they dig themselves a deeper hole of disrespect among people with common sense. Only the ivory tower folks and criminals or terrorists will have a problem with this surveillance. I support the efforts of Bush and the NSA.

And now the AP decides to link this foolish attack to the nomination of Judge Alito by citing work he did 25 years ago for the Reagan administration. One more example of the liberal media piling on in a vicious attempt to discredit this administration. Here's the lead paragraph:

Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito defended the right of government officials to order domestic wiretaps for national security when he worked at the Reagan Justice Department, an echo of President Bush's rationale for spying on U.S. residents in the war on terror.

. This in concert with the Times editorial today intimating that Judge Alito is more on the side of the Executive than Congress. Here is one more demonstration of the media at work. I'm thankful there are thousands of other voices in mainstream media and blogs who share my view of the world. Here's one, The American Thinker.


"WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 - The National Security Agency has traced and analyzed large volumes of telephone and Internet communications flowing into and out of the United States as part of the eavesdropping program that President Bush approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to hunt for evidence of terrorist activity, according to current and former government officials.
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The volume of information harvested from telecommunication data and voice networks, without court-approved warrants, is much larger than the White House has acknowledged, the officials said. It was collected by tapping directly into some of the American telecommunication system's main arteries, they said."