Bush, the Telco Lobbyist is Every Bit as Culpable For Lawsuits
President Bush, the new telecommunication’s Lobbyist is trying hard to stave off the inevitable landslide of lawsuits against those companies “believed to have assisted” his illegal wiretapping program.
Ever since the House Democrats called him on his fear tactics that the terrorists were going to get us after the Protect America Act expired, he has since changed his tune a little. He still talks about “America being not as safe,” but now his focus has changed to “protecting” the telecoms who aided him in his illegal wiretapping of American citizens.
“Our government told them that their participation was necessary, and it was and still is,” Bush said. “What we asked them to do was legal, and now they’re getting sued for billions of dollars.”
Firstly, what’s with the “our Government” told them to break the law? No, Bush is mistaken. “He told them to break the law, and the Telco’s were only to eager to comply. How much money did the Government pay the Telco’s to wiretap American citizens without a warrant? Surely, they must have known what they were being asked to do was illegal. Was there anything in writing, or was it all done by a phone call from the Oval Office?
I’m thinking it must be the latter, because George sure is spending more oxygen on explaining why the Telco’s need retroactive immunity for breaking the law, because without it the Telco’s could very well point their fingers at the White House and claim “He told me to do it!”
Either way, our privacy laws were violated and somebody will have to pay the price for their errors in judgement. If its “billions of dollars,” then so be it. If its billions of dollars AND the President being implicated as well, then even better!
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