President Disastro
By Joe Sobran / Sobran.com
Our government has to protect us, and how it does so is none of our business.
But now we luckily learn how the huge but shadowy National Security Agency does it, thanks to USA Today, which has done a bit of countersnooping in our behalf. Without informing us, and with the cooperation of three telecommunications giants, the NSA has secretly collected records of billions of our phone calls. And it’s still building its database.
Nobody’s rights have been violated, President Disastro assures us, acknowledging that yes, he authorized the secret program. For our own good, of course. Don’t worry, it’s all compatible with the laws, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the UN Charter, and all that stuff. Just the way Thomas Jefferson would have wanted it.
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Posted by Editor at June 1, 2006 02:01 AM