Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the
way, any time you hear the United States government talking about
wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has
changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists,
we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's
important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot
Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what
is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the
Constitution.

bold mine.

That's Bush from April 20, 2004, lying. Not equivocating or waffling or vacillating. There's no word for it but outright lying.

Certainly there are times when national security requires a lie. When the topic is a citizen's right to due process I reject that defense out of hand. Sorry, sir. NOT justifiable.