Gonzales blasting Surveillance Critics

    "We believe the president has the authority under the authorization of military force and inherent authority of the constitution to engage in this sort of program, but we want to supplement that authority," (warrantless surveillance)

    "It's absolutely essential that we maintain the tool. It's been very, very important in protecting America, and we look forward to working with Congress to find a way that we can supplement the president's authority, and continue to maintain this as a valuable tool for the American people."

    "We're optimistic because of the importance of this program, the success of the program, the stated commitment of the Democratic leadership to work with us in protection of America, and that we're going to have a good discussion and dialogue about the program."

   Those words come from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales speaking to cadets from the Air Force Academy's political science and law classes.

    The third paragraph is the one I wish to focus on.

     Here is how this will go. Bush and this Gonzales character will push the passage of this bill with a few other things added into it. the Democrats will see these items that are placed at the last minute and then they will not let the bill go through. THEN, you will have Bushco, Inc. running off at the mouth about the Democrats being soft on terror, once again.

   You can bet the bank that the Bush Crime Family is going to try to steal  as much of the loot out of the treasury that they can get away with.

   Passing this bill is one of the ways that Bushco and Friends can get more of that loot.

More Money On Injustice

   Here's one on Bushco's plans to build a new facility at Gitmo. You know, for all of those illegal military tribunals and such.

Estimated cost: $75 million to $125 Million and to be completed in July of 2007.

Time for a math lesson here from wikipedia

Most of the detainees still at Guantanamo are not scheduled for trial. As of November 2006, according to MSNBC.com, out of 775 detainees who have been brought to Guantanamo, approximately 340 have been released, leaving 435 detainees. Of those 435, 110 have been labeled as ready for release. Of the other 325, only "more than 70" will face trial, the Pentagon says. That leaves about 250 who may be held indefinitely.

Let's be generous and round "more than 70" up to 80, shall we? And based on past experience, let's assume the upper end of the cost range -- $125 million (although like the proposed border fence, this boondoggle undoubtedly will metastasize to 15 times the initial estimate). That means this construction will cost more than $1.5 million per detainee

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