Open mike lets reporters briefly eavesdrop on Bush

[ECH1969]

Reporters were able to eavesdrop Friday on President George W. Bush thanks to an open public address line.

The president apparently believed he was speaking privately when he talked about listening in without a warrant on domestic communications with suspected al-Qaida terrorists overseas.

The president said he asked the National Security Agency to devise a way to gather intelligence on terrorists' potential activities, and the result was the super-secret spy outfit's program to monitor the international e-mails and phone calls of people inside the United States with suspected ties to terrorists overseas. Bush said lawyers in the White House and at the Justice Department signed off on the program's legality and "we put constant checks on the program."

Bush thanked lawmakers for their help and asked them to support his budget plans. It's hard work, to cut out and cut back on programs that don't work," Bush said. "Every program sounds beautiful in Washington, D.C., until you start analyzing the results."

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/ACB7992DE3210FA2862571120014EB7D?OpenDocument

[LosinIt]

1. Oh, I think I'm gonna hurl

how convenient

[rooboy]

2. In other news, Chairman Mao swims the Yangtze River. n/t

[applegrove]

3. Pssssssssssssssssssst! Hey kid - I've got a secret. Just between

you and me. Don't tell anybody this but... this has to stay between you and I :rofl: Bush is "forced teaming" the insiders and the "mike just happens to be on". LOL

Now - all the freepers are "in" on the secret. And the "secret" is Bush is a stand up guy who cares.

Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone.:rofl: