thinkprogress.org — He claimed the new expansive FISA legislation passed by Congress prior to the August recess — the so-called Protect America Act — had helped to thwart a an alleged terror plot in Germany. McConnell was wrong, and that the intelligence had been collected under the old FISA law which required warrants. In a statement released , McConnell said:
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swrostmoreSep 13, 2007
My mistake, there is a transcript of McConnel's prepared statments but not of the entire hearing.
generalloySep 13, 2007
All I can say is that you need to read this:<a class="user" href="http://salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/08/mcconnell/index_np.html">http://salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/08/mcconnell/index_np.html</a>"The problem is with McConnell's r?sum?. At present, U.S. intelligence is more dependent on private contractors than it has ever been. About half of the rapidly expanding annual intelligence budget, or more than $20 billion, now goes to outside firms. The work those private contractors perform has been slammed repeatedly for mismanagement, privacy violations and bias -- and yet the would-be head of the nation's intelligence effort is a top executive at one of the worst offenders. McConnell, a retired vice admiral and former director of the National Security Agency, is the current director of defense programs at Booz Allen Hamilton"
Closed AccountSep 13, 2007
I wish I could vote for Bernie.
g00deth3rSep 14, 2007
Another crony, it's no surprise. Selective enforcement of perjury in congress, this f**k McConnell, Gonzales the list goes on yet it’s never brought up in the media.
po0pSep 14, 2007
Umm does anyone else think when the director of inteligence has no f**king clue what is doing is a bad thing? Ladies and Gentlemen, no wonder we have been at where.
rationalistSep 14, 2007
QUOTH THE TJATL: ""Social and Economic Justice," "Healthy Communities," "Global Leadership" and "A Secure America." These terms are code for an agenda that is anti-capitalist, suspicious of the American military, obsessed with multilateral restraints on U.S. power, and distributionist in domestic fiscal matters."QUOTH THE PRESIDENT:"When a dictatorship controls the political life of a country, responsible opposition cannot develop, and dissent is driven underground and toward the extreme. And to draw attention away from their social and economic failures, dictators place blame on other countries and other races, and stir the hatred that leads to violence."- George W. Bush, speech at National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, March 2005"President Bush's fiscal year 2003 budget proposal will include $20 million for a new Healthy Communities Innovation Initiative that will focus on educating Americans about diabetes and obesity."- Then Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, speech at the VHA Health Foundation Press Conference, Washington, D.C., October 14, 2002"Thanks to the United States Global Leadership Council for hosting us this morning. Next week, leaders from around the world will gather in Germany to advance goals shared by people of every nation: economic empowerment, education, and good health."George W. Bush, speech at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, discussing the "United States International Development Agenda" May 31, 2007"If Iraq's young democracy can turn back these enemies, it will mean a more hopeful Middle East and a more secure America."- George W. Bush, Thursday, September 13, 2007, nationally televised speech.You were saying, assh**e?