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Not to be a ninny - but where does the suspicion about the wiretapping of this particular journalist come from?
I think about that old story about Lyndon Johnson (and I have no idea if this is true) in a close political race ages ago, who ordered one of his aides to circulate a story that his opponent had had some biblical knowledge of the animals on his ranch.
The aide responded, "Jeezus, LB, we can't call the guy a pig-f&%!er!!"
And LBJ quipped, "I don't want to. I just want to make him deny it."
That's what this reminds me of. I don't doubt that the NSA has been up to some unconstitutional wiretapping. But the only "evidence" I hear mention of in this thread is that someone asked a question at a press conference about a particular person.
Was there a reason for that question besides a marital association with someone who used to work for Clinton? I would need a little more to go on.
How would you expect the NSA or the government officials involved to respond if they really weren't guilty of this crime? The accusation is made in this instance through innuendo and supposition rather than any evidentiary process. And I don't trust that type of process any more from The War Room than I do from the GOP.
