Mark my words this phone records scandal will be more damaging then anything else the Bush White House has faced or ever will face. I have a feeling that he is going to be censured at the very least or possibly face impeachment. It will topple the walls of power.
The idea of the American government is recording the phone records of every American in some massive database is something strait out of Conspiracy 101. It treats every American as a criminal that bears close scrutiny. It now makes every American think about what they did for the past 5 years to see if they were without sin. Let's say you did a little sports betting, or maybe called a 1-900 number, or you were talked to your therapist for 20 minutes it is in the database.
The government admitted that they didn't record the actual conversations but knowing the amount of time and from what number to what number is enough. Also I don't think Americans care what the particulars are as long as they know the government doesn't trust them. The Bush White House has morphed into the Big Brother that the Dems have been accusing them of being all along. They have invaded your privacy even though you did nothing more then dial a number on your phone. They have made *every* American into a mobster, or a "suspected" terrorist, or a drug dealer. And what's worse they have been doing it for years.
Someone's career is going to be over because of this and I have a pretty good feeling it is going to be Bush. He has now found his Monica Lewinsky. Brace yourself America for the big impeachment circus. We are all going to ride that ride again. Just don't call your friends. You never know who is going to be taking that information down.
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Joe. Uncle Samie also knows something about your email's your faxes, where you bank, your job, about how much you are worth, who you are married to what kind of car you drive and tons of other information. The NSA has the biggest and badest computers in the world in their basement and they hire the best math and engineer majors to get this information. You may be right - Bush cannot hide behind 9/11 on this one. Checking on suspected terror people is one thing, but holding a database on the entire nation is quite a different thing. There is no way to explain this - I feel the Senate will take him to task perhaps before the election this fall. Dad
Yet the initial polling data showed a WHOPPING 65% of the polling base shows little interest in the fact that the NSA is keeping data of this nature...seems they either lack the sophistication to appreciate the level of intrusion, or if you couch any civil liberty violation (perceived or actual) in the war on terror; you can avoid the FISA court entirely...my my what a tangled web we weave...
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