Both Power Line (“Connect the Dots” ), and the Wall Street Journal (“Listening In” ) noticed that it was NSA surveillance of foreign communications traffic that revealed who the German terrorists were leading to last week's arrests.
Citing a report about the arrest in Der Spiegel, John at Power Line points out how, in spite of most Democrats denouncing the NSA program as “unconstitutional,”
…it was the NSA program that brought the German terrorists to light:
If the Democrats get their way, the NSA will not be able to use this tactic unless it has enough knowledge, enough days in advance, to get an order from a FISA judge. You can be sure, however, that the liberals will never mention this incident when they denounce the program as an invasion of constitutional rights..
Democrats in Congress are planning to churn up as much opposition to this as they can in the coming week. Expect once more to hear lots of news references to “domestic spying.”
Citing a report about the arrest in Der Spiegel, John at Power Line points out how, in spite of most Democrats denouncing the NSA program as “unconstitutional,”
…it was the NSA program that brought the German terrorists to light:
The arrests were the culmination of an investigation that
began a year ago, when U.S. officials alerted German authorities to e-mails
intercepted from Pakistan.
If the Democrats get their way, the NSA will not be able to use this tactic unless it has enough knowledge, enough days in advance, to get an order from a FISA judge. You can be sure, however, that the liberals will never mention this incident when they denounce the program as an invasion of constitutional rights..
Democrats in Congress are planning to churn up as much opposition to this as they can in the coming week. Expect once more to hear lots of news references to “domestic spying.”
