The President fires back at the al-Qaeda spies working within the New York Slimes and the CIA (via LC & IB Jeff G. and Byron York):

In the weeks following the terrorist attacks on our nation, I authorized the National Security Agency, consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution, to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations. Before we intercept these communications, the government must have information that establishes a clear link to these terrorist networks.

So much for the howls of outrage from the Usual Suspects from the Angry Seditionist Left and the Drooling Dhimmicrats. Much to nobody’s surprise, the ones being listened to weren’t random Viennese Choir Boys but rather dangerous individuals with known links to known terrorist organizations. Funny that the ones so righteously indignant at those “police state tactics” are the very same that continually feign horror and outrage at the fact that we didn’t see 9/11 coming.

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

This is a highly classified program that is crucial to our national security. Its purpose is to detect and prevent terrorist attacks against the United States, our friends and allies.

…something that is clearly unacceptable to the Dhimmicrats and their allies among the Main Stream Midiots. After all, success in preventing terror attacks means success for the Bush administration which, again, means less likelihood of the Dhimmicrats getting back to the power that they lust so singlemindedly for. The Hell with the lives and property of Americans, as long as the Dhimmicrats regain power, right?

Just so that you know where their loyalties really lie.

Yesterday the existence of this secret program was revealed in media reports, after being improperly provided to news organizations. As a result, our enemies have learned information they should not have, and the unauthorized disclosure of this effort damages our national security and puts our citizens at risk. Revealing classified information is illegal, alerts our enemies, and endangers our country.

Something that is very unlikely to be discussed much by the Treasonous Twits in the Media, seeing as how they’re the ones playing the part of Benedict Arnold here. They and the airheads in the CIA that apparently can’t keep their mouthes shut for more than five minutes at a time.

Oh, and if you happen to be one of the, we’re sure, vast majority of CIA employees taking their jobs seriously, somebody who wouldn’t ever leak classified information, just calm down, right now. We’re not talking about you. Besides, any outrage directed at us could be better spent trying to flush out the moles in your midst making you look like the Keystone Kops.

As long as they’re allowed to operate, you’ll all look bad and, frankly, we think you deserve better. Terminate the leaks. With extreme prejudice. For your sake and for the sake of our nation. Please.

As the 9/11 Commission pointed out, it was clear that terrorists inside the United States were communicating with terrorists abroad before the September the 11th attacks, and the commission criticized our nation’s inability to uncover links between terrorists here at home and terrorists abroad.

…and now they’re, not much to anybody with an IQ above limp linguini’s surprise, whining and screaming about you doing too much.

But don’t question their patriotism.

Two of the terrorist hijackers who flew a jet into the Pentagon, Nawaf al Hamzi and Khalid al Mihdhar, communicated while they were in the United States to other members of al Qaeda who were overseas. But we didn’t know they were here, until it was too late.

Which is just the way the Seditionist Socialist Shits of the Dhimmicrat Party like it. Another attack like 9/11, preferably just in time for the ‘08 elections, would serve their purposes just fine. So fine, in fact, that they’d probably have spontaneous, sequential orgasms on live TV while talking about it.

The authorization I gave the National Security Agency after September the 11th helped address that problem in a way that is fully consistent with my constitutional responsibilities and authorities. The activities I have authorized make it more likely that killers like these 9/11 hijackers will be identified and located in time. And the activities conducted under this authorization have helped detect and prevent possible terrorist attacks in the United States and abroad. [Emphasis ours — M.]

Funnily enough, not very many people are busy discussing the legality of the procedures. Yes, that was sarcasm. Not so funnily, not very many people are discussing what should be done about the leaks and journalists clearly in violation of the Espionage Act here either. That’s what ought to be discussed right now, because their actions are directly endangering the lives of Americans and are providing aid and comfort to an enemy of the United States in times of war.

The activities I authorized are reviewed approximately every 45 days. Each review is based on a fresh intelligence assessment of terrorist threats to the continuity of our government and the threat of catastrophic damage to our homeland. During each assessment, previous activities under the authorization are reviewed. The review includes approval by our nation’s top legal officials, including the Attorney General and the Counsel to the President. I have reauthorized this program more than 30 times since the September the 11th attacks, and I intend to do so for as long as our nation faces a continuing threat from al Qaeda and related groups.

The NSA’s activities under this authorization are thoroughly reviewed by the Justice Department and NSA’s top legal officials, including NSA’s general counsel and inspector general. Leaders in Congress have been briefed more than a dozen times on this authorization and the activities conducted under it. Intelligence officials involved in this activity also receive extensive training to ensure they perform their duties consistent with the letter and intent of the authorization.

Funny how the politicians who all knew about this program managed to suppress their outrage and indignation right up until now, isn’t it?

This authorization is a vital tool in our war against the terrorists. It is critical to saving American lives. The American people expect me to do everything in my power under our laws and Constitution to protect them and their civil liberties. And that is exactly what I will continue to do, so long as I’m the President of the United States.

And that’s exactly what those of us who continue to put the lives and liberty of ourselves and our fellow Americans over personal agendas would like to hear: A President not only unapologetic about doing his job but also asserting, forcefully, that he’s not about to change a single thing about it.

Good on you, Mr. President, and thank you for reminding us of the reasons why we voted for you. Those are the leadership qualities that we saw in you in the aftermath of 9/11, the very leadership qualities that we’ve been missing for so long and longing for you to show again.

Now, if we could make one more request: Please, for the love of our nation, quit pussy-footing around the issue of the traitors in the CIA and the mainstream media. We can’t afford it, we’ve afforded it for too long already and if it isn’t stopped it will result in the deaths of more innocent Americans. It most likely already has.

Time to stick a cork in the leaky garbage scow at Langley and make the perpetrators walk the plank.

The safety of our nation demands it.

Thatisall.

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