Wow. The terrorism excuse really is the last refuge for all the losers in the Bush administration. It would be one thing if they were actually doing something to protect us -- instead of letting Osama Bin Laden reconstitute and still rule the very terror network that attacked America. Instead, the Bushies play the terrorism card when they're in trouble. For them, it's just a political issue:
Mr. Gonzales said he wanted to focus on his department’s “No. 1 priority, keeping our country safe from terrorists, and the urgent need, quite frankly, for more help from Congress in this fight.” Specifically, he said, Congress should update the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to address the vast advances in telecommunications technology in recent years and ease restrictions on gathering intelligence.So Gonzales got pummeled by the Senators on the Judiciary Committee today -- including Specter, but this paragraph sums up the situation:
Yet for all the hostility vented at Mr. Gonzales, there was no sign that today’s hearing would change anything. President Bush has repeatedly said he stands behind Mr. Gonzales, his old friend from Texas.And, together, Bush and Gonzales have made the country less safe.
Heckuva job, fellas.
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