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salon.com - 1/16/2009

Today's FISA ruling: a case study in 8 years of lying and ignorance - Glenn Greenwald

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(updated below - Update II - Update III) Ever since The New York Times , on December 16, 2005, first reported that President Bush ordered spying on Americans without the warrants required by FISA, the clear illegality that was unveiled -- FISA said that X was a felony and Bush admitted to doing ...

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salon.com - 1/22/2009

Not letting abject ignorance interfere with opining - Glenn Greenwald

— salon.com — There are times when the glaring ignorance one encounters from people who are paid to write about... political issues is so severe -- so illustrative of how distorted and misleading our political discourse is -- that it's impossible to ignore even though ... (more) Not letting abject ignorance interfere with opining - ...

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rsmccain.blogspot.com - 1/22/2009

Greenwald vs. 'abject ignorance'?

— rsmccain.blogspot.com — "There are times when the glaring ignorance one encounters from people who are paid to write about... political issues is so severe -- so illustrative of how distorted and misleading our political discourse is -- that it's impossible to ignore even ... (more) Greenwald vs. 'abject ignorance'?

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washingtonmonthly.com - 1/15/2009

About that FISA court ruling...

— washingtonmonthly.com — ABOUT THAT FISA COURT RULING.... There's been some talk today that the FISA court has endorsed the... notion that the president has the authority to engage in warrantless wiretaps. That's not what happened today, and the details matter. A federal... (more) About that FISA court ruling...

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The Media Is Not Good At Its Job
TalkLeft — Glenn Greenwald discussed this yesterday, but today's NYTimes story on the FISC appellate court's ruling on the Protect America Act demonstrates that even on the second day - even two of the better reporters on the best newspaper in the country are incapable of getting the story right. Indeed, perhaps in reaction to criticism leveled at one of them yesterday, the reporters seem to have gone out of their way to find quotables who support their erroneous reporting of the subject: “It provides a very good result; it reaffirms the ...

"A Case Study in 8 Years of Lying and Ignorance"
Daily Kos — Glenn gets it absolutely right. Ever since The New York Times, on December 16, 2005, first reported that President Bush ordered spying on Americans without the warrants required by FISA, the clear illegality that was unveiled -- FISA said that X was a felony and Bush admitted to doing X -- was continuously obscured by a combination of deceit on the part of Bush followers and ignorance, sloth and confusion on the part of the media.  Beginning within the first days of the controversy, Bush followers who ...

About that 'vindication'...
Political Animal — ... "vindicate" supporters of Bush's NSA program. The case was not about "the government's Constitutional authority to collect national-security intelligence without judicial approval"; the case was about the authority of Congress to expand the executive's surveillance powers . It really isn't that complicated, and yet, conservative bloggers, the New York Times , and the AP got it wrong yesterday, and the Wall Street Journal is doing a victory dance today. A.L. ...

Yesterday's news
The Sideshow — ... That NYT story about how the court decided illegal wiretapping was okay? It's just completely wrong. I guess Eric Lichtblau's transformation from a real reporter to another Village gossip is now complete. This is, you'll recall, one of the guys who broke the original wiretapping story. I was disturbed when, only a few weeks back, I noticed him repeating the canard that the program started "after 9/11" - a claim he surely must know by now is false - but now he seems to have gone the whole hog and is actually writing articles claiming that the court decided something they ...