Our wonderful president has admitted to spying on Americans and has called it legal. OK, whatever you say Mr. Bush. One of the ways that he says that the government has spied on Americans is by monitoring phone calls from/to foreign countries by individuals listed on computers and cell phones. I’m glad I never call foreign countries (OK, my wife sometimes calls a friend in Canada, but I consider Canada just another state, eh.)
Do I really believe it is legal? Of course not. Do I believe that it has made it safer? No. Do I think it needs to continue in its present form? No. There are safeguards in place and I’m sure the government could have gotten wiretap permission from that secret court in a hurry if they really needed it.
The president, in my mind, thinks he’s above the law. I hope that someone really studies the law and brings charges against the president. We have lost even more credibility with the international community because of this flap and all the other recent Bush moves.
How did we elect this moron to office? Some have told me that they didn’t like Kerry and that’s why they voted for Bush. That doesn’t seem like a very informed decision. We’ll be paying the consequences for a few more years. (I saw a countdown timer the other day that showed how many minutes under Bush was out of office.)
(I am exercising my first amendment right to publish this blog; don’t put me on any government/military watch list.)