January 24, 2006
Are we really that important?
Admittedly, part of my silence on my blog has been attributed to not paying too much attention to the news lately. I enjoy politics and knowing about what’s going on the world, which inevitably leads me to speak my mind on issues. It is one of my passions, one of my affections.
Last night I caught a few minutes of CSPAN and heard a snippet of a press conference being led by Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden, who served as the Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (NSA/CSS), Fort George G. Meade, MD, from March 1999 to April 2005. He was talking about the “wiretap controversy”.
Amidst a general defense of the President’s authority, the Attorney General’s consent and the NSA’s support of this defense against terrorism, General Hayden stated that the NSA hasn’t the resources, the time or desire to investigate anyone that is not linked in someway to the jeopardy of our national security. It is humorous to think or concern oneself with the exalted opinion that so many outraged by this apparent illegal action have.
That is not to say that our Constitution doesn’t mean anything. But this is a knee-jerk reaction and another example that “President Bush can do no right”. Some will say that my comments here are a knee-jerk reaction that, “President Bush can do no wrong”. What I see is the government on all levels – with exception of some Congressmen, agreeing this was legal and an outrage of constitutional boundaries by those with an exalted view of their importance to the world. Are we really that important? The NSA doesn't think so.
