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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Did I Say That?

Posted by on December 20 at 11:47 AM

An Atrios reader unearthed a little statement from Bush that might be coming back to haunt him right about now. From April 20, 2004:

Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so. It’s important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution.

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Oh, that? That was just a lie . . .

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