Reply #5: The professional parsing of the language extends to the WaPo.

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The Administration has claimed that warrantless wiretaps never extended beyond a few thousand persons inside the U.S. suspected of communicating with al-Qaeda contacts abroad. That is a lie, but you wouldn't know it from reading this article.

Note that Babington writes his article in an ambiguous way, so as to let Gonzales off the hook. The wording of the report suggests that Harmann was inquiring about the existence of a broader ongoing wiretapping program. Babbington writes, "White House counsel Harriet Miers called Harman on Wednesday, and Gonzales phoned yesterday, Harman said. She said both of them "assured me that there is not a broader program or an additional program out there involving surveillance of U.S. persons.""

The fact is, however, that for three years, AT&T recorded every phone call and e-mail sent over its system -- an astonishing 300 Terabytes worth of data -- and turned it over to the NSA. This was done totally without warrants, and involves literally tens of millions of domestic calls and e-mails. See, Class-Action Lawsuit Against AT&TIn the largest "fishing expedition" ever devised, the NSA uses powerful ... that AT&T has given the government unfettered access to its over 300 terabyte ...
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When the MSM lie, its by omission of the truth, which is another way of saying parsing of the facts.