"The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans - most of whom aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity, sources said in separate interviews."
Note, please: "This program does NOT involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations."
They're looking at massive amounts of numbers and phone-call patterns, not eavesdropping on teenage lovers' quarrels or your neighbor's pizza order or Susan Sarandon's heart-to-hearts with Cindy Sheehan.
And: "The spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity."
Translation: The counterterror experts at the NSA are - gasp - doing their job. And - to their credit - some American companies are stepping up to the plate to help them.
The paper admits the kind of data collection involved is not new. The Clinton administration's Echelon program was far more intrusive.
President Bush made clear yesterday: "We're not mining or trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans. Our efforts are focused on links to al Qaeda and their known affiliates. So far we've been very successful in preventing another attack on our soil."
Nevertheless, the civil liberties Chicken Little are screaming "Bushitler!" on cue. What they should be screaming for are the heads of the blabbermouths endangering all of us by running to the fifth-column press when they don't get their way in Washington. But you can never find the leak-decriers when you need them, can you?"
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Michelle is spot-on, and I've come to more of an understanding of her fervor. The good thing is the fact that this piece is on the front page of today's NY Post, and while others might be offering the same information Ms Malkin's celebrity status brings certain truths to the light of day far better than if you or I were to present them.
Now I'm not all that angry at Fox for referring to illegal aliens as undocumented immigrants, but this giveth and taketh away remains disconcerting.
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