"Big, dangerous lies . . . Sept. 11 could have been prevented"

the nyt editorializes on just how twisted and crass the administration's defense of nsa spying has become... and, as i am wont to endlessly repeat, NEVER, EVER lose sight of the undisputed master of twisted and crass behind it all, satan's doppelgänger, karl rove...

A bit over a week ago, President Bush and his men promised to provide the legal, constitutional and moral justifications for the sort of warrantless spying on Americans that has been illegal for nearly 30 years. Instead, we got the familiar mix of political spin, clumsy historical misinformation, contemptuous dismissals of civil liberties concerns, cynical attempts to paint dissents as anti-American and pro-terrorist, and a couple of big, dangerous lies.

it's MORE than a couple... and every one, each jaw-droppingly cynical, are pages taken directly from the rove playbook...

• Sept. 11 could have been prevented.

• Only bad guys are spied on.

• The spying is legal.

• Just trust us.

• The rules needed to be changed.

• War changes everything.

• Other presidents did it.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is about to start hearings on the domestic spying. Congress has failed, tragically, on several occasions in the last five years to rein in Mr. Bush and restore the checks and balances that are the genius of American constitutional democracy. It is critical that it not betray the public once again on this score.

congress has compiled a history of failure in the years of the bush administration that is positively breathtaking... i don't expect we will see anything different in the domestic spying hearings...

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