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Originally Posted by Sten
Absolute power corrupts absolutely, it is not a bad thing to watch the government.
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You're right that absolute power corrupts absolutely and in this case that applies more to the NY Times than the Bush administration.
If the Times had reported the story correctly it should have read "The NY Times now reports that the NSA at the direction of the President, with the Knowledge of the Senate Intelligence Committee and with the approval of the national security court has conducted eavsedropping operations on US citizens. The Times can also report that because of intelligence gathered by the NSA the Bush administration was able to thwart an operation to destroy a landmark in NYC saving countless innocent lives. The suspect was later convicted of the plot and sentenced to a lengthy prison term". Instead we get a piece that claims that these operations were conducted secretly (despite the knowledge of Congress and the Federal Courts) and written in such a way as to portray this as a sinister act. I suspect that those who would have died if that plot was successful would agree with that but who cares. This is all about making the President look bad even if that means some people have to get hurt.
I guess we shouldn't snoop and then cry when hundreds or thousands die.