Bush Intelligence Czar Eats "Protect America Act" Crow

  As you all know,  Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey and Director of National Intelligence J. Michael McConnell sent a letter to our Congress this past Friday saying that the nation was "now more vulnerable to terrorist attack and other foreign threats"  because the Congress didn't pass the FISA bill with President Bush's much desired amnesty for the telecoms in it. The letter was nothing but more fear-mongering on the part of the Bush Crime Syndicate to get the Congress to bend to its will. Didn't quite work that way this time around, so far.

   LATimes

But within hours of sending that letter, administration officials told lawmakers on the House and Senate intelligence committees that they had prevailed upon all of the telecommunications companies to continue cooperating with the government's requests for information while negotiations with Congress continue.

   On Saturday, the two evil twins (  Mukasey, McConnell ) released a statement which said

"We learned last night after sending [the original] letter that . . . new surveillances under existing directives issued pursuant to the Protect America Act will resume, at least for now. We appreciate the willingness of our private partners to cooperate despite the uncertainty.
"Unfortunately, the delay resulting from this discussion impaired our ability to cover foreign intelligence targets, which resulted in missed intelligence information."

One Democratic congressional official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter, expressed skepticism that any significant gap had existed, noting that existing rules permit continued monitoring of known terrorists and their associates.

    So let me get this straight. Mukasey and  McConnell, the Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence, do not know the laws that they are supposed to enforce or to abide by? These two fucks got caught with their pants down and with their thumbs stuck up their asses, is what happened. Guess that they figured out the the American people aren't buying into their rhetoric any more.

  The House returns to session this week and no doubt Bush and his gang of criminals will attempt to put the heat on Congress to approve the Senate version of FISA with amnesty included. Hopefully, the House will stand its ground and not give into the telecoms and the Bush Mafia this time around.

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In Tucson, Thousands May be Infected With Measles

   A sure sign of the times that you and I live in!

   In Tucson Arizona it appears that many of the fine cities residence may have been exposed to a case of measles at a Northwest area hospital.

  Any patient or visitor to the Northwest Medical Center between February 12th and 15th might have been in contact with a visitor from Europe who can down with this disease, which is very contagious.

  The unidentified infected patient was an adult visiting Tucson from Switzerland who became ill on Feb. 12 and went to Northwest's emergency room that day to obtain medication. The patient, feeling no better, returned the next morning and was admitted to the hospital.

But infection with measles was not confirmed until late Feb. 15, when the patient was finally placed in isolation, ending exposure to others at the hospital. 

In addition to the thousands of patients and visitors to Northwest during this period, as many as 1,800 staff members at the hospital may have been exposed to measles and are being monitored for symptoms.  Arizona Daily Star

  The adult has since recovered and went back to their home country. In the mean time, Tucson is in the midst of flu season with many people going to the ER's for treatment. Possible contact with a carrier of measles will certainly send the admittance rate up at all of the area hospitals even though residents  are being told to call the health department if they suspect that they may have measles.

    Measles is very rare in the United States so if you are not up on the illness, please go check it out Here.

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