This is fucking unacceptable. Those soldiers died because of the Democrats and groups like the ACLU who bend over backwards to protect terrorists "rights." Their blood is on your hands you piece of shits...
October 15, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials got mired for nearly 10 hours seeking approval to use wiretaps against al Qaeda terrorists suspected of kidnapping Queens soldier Alex Jimenez in Iraq earlier this year, The Post has learned.
This week, Congress plans to vote on a bill that leaves in place the legal hurdles in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - problems that were highlighted during the May search for a group of kidnapped U.S. soldiers.
In the early hours of May 12, seven U.S. soldiers - including Spc. Jimenez - were on lookout near a patrol base in the al Qaeda-controlled area of Iraq called the "Triangle of Death."
Sometime before dawn, heavily armed al Qaeda gunmen quietly cut through the tangles of concertina wire surrounding the outpost of two Humvees and made a massive and coordinated surprise attack.
Four of the soldiers were killed on the spot and three others were taken hostage.
A search to rescue the men was quickly launched. But it soon ground to a halt as lawyers - obeying strict U.S. laws about surveillance - cobbled together the legal grounds for wiretapping the suspected kidnappers.
For an excruciating nine hours and 38 minutes, searchers in Iraq waited as U.S. lawyers discussed legal issues and hammered out the "probable cause" necessary for the attorney general to grant such "emergency" permission.
Finally, approval was granted and, at 7:38 that night, surveillance began.
This story needs to be spread!.....
W Zip
H/T:InchDeep
This one really pissed me off. My head just about exploded when I saw it. Thanks for posting it.
Rab3
Posted by: rab3 | October 15, 2007 at 12:36 PM
I may punch the next hippy I encounter to make myself feel better.
Posted by: W Zip | October 15, 2007 at 12:37 PM
It would be a very good day to see Pelosi, Reid, Murtha and other America haters all swaying from nooses! Their TREASONOUS acts should be dealt with!
Posted by: the Boodge | October 15, 2007 at 01:46 PM
What's really amazing to me is that you people are able to work a computer with the way your knees go flying. How does the keyboard stay there?
"Those soldiers died because of the Democrats"
Um, no. Actually, they didn't. You fucking tools.
"Why did so much time elapse before the surveillance? Top Justice Department officials needed to approve the emergency order. But according to the source, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was out of town; Deputy AG Paul McNulty had resigned already; Solicitor General Paul Clement "had left the building"; and the other responsible official, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein was not yet authorized to approve the emergency order. Wainstein testified today, but demurred from answering questions about the incident in open session."
So are we hanging them?
Fucking mouthbreathers.
Posted by: Angryflower | October 15, 2007 at 06:57 PM
BustedFlower
Who drones on about government surveillance and stops all attempts to make it easier to go after terrorists? Take a guess who dumb ass
Posted by: JDAM | October 15, 2007 at 08:34 PM