Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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Let Me See If I Have This Straight

Just to see if I have this NSA business boiled down to its essentials, here are the circumstances that have apparently led us to this point:

On 9/11/01, Al Qaeda terrorists executed a well-orchestrated plan that was set in motion via communications that occurred between Al Qaeda operatives abroad and "United States persons."

This plan resulted in the deaths of over 3,000 American civilians, untold economic devastation, and changed our world forever.


In the wake of these attacks, having been given broad Congressional approval to pursue Al Qaeda to the ends of the earth, President Bush ordered the NSA to "detect" the international communications of known Al Qaeda operatives and associates operating within the United States for the sole purpose of gathering foreign intelligence on Al Qaeda.
This plan has, in the estimation of NSA officials, prevented violence against the United States and provided valuable intelligence in the hunt for Al Qaeda officials and the general foiling of their plans.


The Democrats are opposed to all of this.