Every time the government (and it's not just Bush, but his lapdogs the democrats as well) asks for more surveillance power in the war on terror, they are implicitly saying, "You know we are doing the best we can with the tools we have. If you only gave us this new shiny toy we'd do even better." Let's see if they're so good going after domestic terrorists.
First, let's consider Richard Jewell. A quick aside, I was on the MARTA after watching the Dream Team play when the bomb went off. Not only was Jewell, after first being proclaimed a hero falsely accused, the guy who actually did it, Eric Rudolph, was on the lam for 7 YEARS.
OK, so maybe this case was in a less technological age. How about Steven Hatfill. As you recall, right after 9/11 someone(s) sent some anthrax to the Capitol building and a tabloid magazine in Florida. Not only did our country's high alert snooping not intercept this, but, again, they were following the WRONG GUY for for almost 7 years (the crimes still haven't been solved). Dr. Hatfill just settled for $5m+ while the government admitted no wrong doing. Uh-huh.
In both cases, the government tried these guys in the media, only to end up with egg on their faces. Meanwhile, all of their toys and gadgets were either worthless or used against the wrong people. Don't think that'll happen again? That's what I thought. Keep that in mind next time the feds ask to chip away just a little bit more at our privacy rights.
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But we elected Democrats last time through the booth to get rid of all of the Republican privacy invasions. Wait a second...
One of the problems with the dems is that they're way too worried about the next election. So, instead of sticking with their principles (we should get out of Iraq, we can have freedom and fight terrorists), they do a bunch of symbolic stuff that doesn't mean shit. I think this is one of the things that cost Hillary the nomination. She was so worried about being seen as weak on defense that she went against her gut and gave W. the OK to go in there. Then she followed it up by supporting a bunch of empty resolutions.
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