| The Bush administration has vehemently resisted revealing to the courts (even a secret one) who they are wiretapping. Who are they spying on? What do they have to hide? |
| This debate is not about whether American officials should be listening in on conversations between terrorists in the US and their sponsors in the middle east. Of course they should be. No one denies that. And that's all the Bush administration claims that it is doing. Yet it consistantly refuses to reveal who it's spying on to the courts.
Has the Bush administration been using the NSA, FBI or any other government agency to spy on it's political detractors? Who's phones are bugged? Have federal intellegence agencies become an espionage arm of the Republican party? If all of this spying is simply to keep tabs on foreign terrorists, why won't they reveal what they are doing to the courts? The FISA court is noted for having been sympathetic to executive branch requests. It's been revealed that thousands of Americans have been spied on at times. Are there that many terrorists with connections to Al Qaeda in America? If Bush has nothing to hide, why won't he reveal to the FISA court who he's spying on? This may all sound like an overreaction, but it brings back bad memories of a Nixon administration that was bugging the likes of John Lennon and breaking into the Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel. It will happen again if you let 'em forget! |
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