Issue:The king of the bait and switch - CNN.com - White House?steps up defense of?domestic eavesdropping - Jan 23, 2006:

Specific: "'I'm mindful of your civil liberties, "

Comment: I am glad the President is "mindful". But just as he "doesn't read". Civil Liberties was not the issue people were concerned about. It was the void where an explanation belongs. Why is a 72 hrs after a wiretap has been started not enough time to get a warrant? After 4 years, why as he not corrected the issue? If this is so necessary and valuable - what stopped them from using it to catch the 9/11 attackers?

Please do not think that I am surprised or outraged. This is the new reality. I like truth or honesty from my President's. I am concerned about the next Nixon or other President who want to extend his even more. I am concerned about the neo-con supporting cast of the administration.

I'm waiting for the day when the revelation of a political operation using this information is ignored.

In the current environment Watergate was not a crime.

The premise that in a time of War Presidents has no limits, is only valid when the battle is active and visible on American soil - like the civil war. This conflict is not at that level.

But what if the war is invisible and never ends? Like Korea - perhaps President Bush doesn't need to defend himself because we are still in a technical state of war with North Korea. Who needs a new war?

Address: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/23/nsa.strategy/index.html