This Call May Be Monitored ... - New York Times

This Call May Be Monitored ... - New York Times:

It is the New York Times that has the credibility and trust problem, not the President. The Times is hollering through a tin horn trying to stand on some idealistic platform that denies the terrorist threat. In so doing, they are blinded by their principle and reject rational action within the scope of the President's responsibility and authority under the Constitution. He needs the ability to thwart terrorists' goal to kill Americans and inflict damage in any way possible.

The President is right. I would say this whether it's Bush, Clinton or someone else holding the Presidency. I note that Hillary Clinton is keeping her mouth shut. I wonder if for political or rational reasons?

"President Bush defended the program yesterday, saying it was saving lives, hotly insisting that he was working within the Constitution and the law, and denouncing The Times for disclosing the program's existence. We don't know if he was right on the first count; this White House has cried wolf so many times on the urgency of national security threats that it has lost all credibility. But we have learned the hard way that Mr. Bush's team cannot be trusted to find the boundaries of the law, much less respect them."