240...I generally don't worry about what Uncle Sam is doing to me...its usually spelled out very clearly for me....get on this plane....shoot at these people, help these people...return..repeat.
good point.
my point was that Bush was lying to us. He made it very clear that ONLY those ppl talking to bad guys overseas were being tapped. Now we have NSA whistleblowers who are admitting they did it on reporters.
It's scary because if ya don't nip it in the bud, it isn't long before we all have that big brother camera in our living room, ya know? Obama seems to be nipping it in the bud.
I think it's funny. Bush straight up lied about this one. People can't weasle around it. They cna try to justify it. Maybe Bush thought journalists were talking to terrorists? More likely he probably wanted to be able to pre-empt any big stories, or maybe keep tabs on who knew what. I mean, if a whistleblower came fwd about WMD, Iraq, 911, or anything else, the white hosue would know instantly.