NSA Spying Illegal Sounds About Right To Me, But Here's What The W, Rove And Co Thinks

In case you have been hiding under a rock, you may not have noticed that a Detroit judge has ruled in favor of the American people and decided to put a halt to the illeagal NSA spying program sponsored and addored by the W, Rove and Co.

This is good news, but here's what the W, Rove and Co had to say:

Last week America and the world received a stark reminder that terrorists are still plotting to attack our country and kill innocent people. Today a federal judge in Michigan has ruled that the Terrorist Surveillance Program ordered by the President to detect and prevent terrorist attacks against the American people is unconstitutional and otherwise illegal. We couldn't disagree more with this ruling, and the Justice Department will seek an immediate stay of the opinion and appeal. Until the Court has the opportunity to rule on a stay of the Court's ruling in a hearing now set for September 7, 2006, the parties have agreed that enforcement of the ruling will be stayed.

United States intelligence officials have confirmed that the program has helped stop terrorist attacks and saved American lives. The program is carefully administered, and only targets international phone calls coming into or out of the United States where one of the parties on the call is a suspected Al Qaeda or affiliated terrorist. The whole point is to detect and prevent terrorist attacks before they can be carried out. That's what the American people expect from their government, and it is the President's most solemn duty to ensure their protection.

The Terrorist Surveillance Program is firmly grounded in law and regularly reviewed to make sure steps are taken to protect civil liberties. The Terrorist Surveillance Program has proven to be one of our most critical and effective tools in the war against terrorism, and we look forward to demonstrating on appeal the validity of this vital program.

Gee Wiz Mr. Bush, if it's so effective, why do we need to have such a great presence in Iraq? Who cares if it is effective, and by whose definition we might well ask, if it actually violates the very feedom you suggest it is designed to protect? Hypocritical morons runing the show in the whtiehouse is a fair assessment.