David Gergen was on Neil Cavuto's show today and discussed the NSA 'controversy'. Gergen is hung up on interfering with the presidential powers to conduct surveillance. Wants 'oversight.' Why? Because of the paranoia of the left that it could be used on you instead of a terrorist. He goes even further. Gergen said his biggest fear is that it would be used on political opponents.
His opinion, and that of the far-left is, that because the capability is there, then it will be abused, even for political espionage. The way I look at it is, if they have the capability to capture everything, then that is by definition going to include my call to order a pizza, but it's also going to give us a chance to prevent an attack and catch a terrorist. Only a liberal would believe that it would be used for political espionage. It is, however, something that they would do. They actually believe that one of us, instead of following the trail to terrorists, would instead use the resources to do anything else.
As a liberal, when you don't believe we are in a real war, when you're in that 9/10 mindset, then you don't believe the surveillance is necessary, or at the very least some court proceeding must occur. That is why they think it is an illegal act for which Bush should be impeached. That's their message. It also totally ignores the fact that the Constitution gives the President the power to do what the NSA is doing. One other thing the left has to ignore is the fact that the program works and has been effective. 'Using the right tool for the job' is not just a Bush idea. I think Al Gore first thought of it. At any rate, what the Democrat leaders and talking heads wish to do is to take that tool away or put limits on it.
And when you believe we are in a real war, you would expect that every tool needed would be used.
related link, Patriot Act
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