Decius wrote:

k wrote:

I'm sure Dems will do their best to commit political suicide by pressing this issue right through a massive terrorist attack. Fundamentally the American public expects any President post-9/11 to do whatever it takes to stop terrorists. Civil rights concerns be damned. Pushing legalisms only tells Americans one side is not serious about fighting terrorism. I'm sure Bush wants to be thrown into that briar patch.

Levaing aside the actual article, this is the scariest thing I've read in weeks. People actually think like this.

Seriously, ignore the thread, read the testimony.

I did, but I couldn't help commenting on this. It's people like this that are going to tear the country apart when the next terrorist attack happens. I don't deny that it probably will, mainly because Bush's DHS has fucked up priorities. But I'm equally sure it'll happen after a Dem is elected in the next election, because it'll do more damage then.

The testimony itself seems pretty damning of the white house and the president in particular and shows a side of Ashcroft i didn't know was there honestly. Not that i'm his biggest fan, but I appreciate that he had enough scruples to not be bullied into something by WH goons and the integrity to point at his acting AG and tell them to talk to the guy who's making the decisions now. Fairly surprising all in all.

RE: The Volokh Conspiracy - Full Transcript of Comey Testimony on NSA Surveillance Program: