Though this happened a few weeks ago, a friend just pointed this out to me. Almost as if to show that just when you think the administration's credibility can't get any lower, they prove you wrong.
In his Senate testimony last month on the president's probably illegal domestic spying program, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (who infamously claimed the government's right to torture) made a number of extraordinary claims. But the most novel one was this:
"President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale."
So THAT's how the north won the Civil War: Lincoln was secretly intercepting Jefferson Davis' text messages!
Perhaps this is why Republican senators reportedly refused to put the attorney general under oath before his testimony.
I think we should take it easy on President Bush. I heard Caesar tapped cell phones too.
Note: Before one dismisses Gonzales' comment as an honest, off-the-cuff mistake, it's worth noting that he was reading a prepared statement.
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Sorry randy, but any comment that begins, "are you one of those people..." is a red-flag indicator of a question more geared toward talk show style loaded questions, name calling and shouting matches than serious, nuanced debate. Try again.
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