Bush: Take bin Laden's threat seriously

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bush26.html

FORT MEADE, Md. -- President Bush, defending the government's secret surveillance program, said Wednesday that Americans should take Osama bin Laden seriously when he says he's going to attack again.

''When he says he's going to hurt the American people again, or try to, he means it,'' Bush told reporters after visiting the top-secret National Security Agency where the surveillance program is based. ''I take it seriously, and the people of NSA take it seriously.''

It was Bush's first comment about bin Laden since the al-Qaida leader warned in a tape aired last week that his fighters are preparing new attacks in the United States. Bin Laden offered a truce, without specifying the conditions, and the White House responded that the United States would never negotiate with the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Durbin speaks out

Four leading Democratic senators, including Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, wrote Bush Wednesday saying they support efforts to do everything possible within the law to combat terrorism, but that the NSA program is an ''apparent violation of federal law.''

Hey Chimp Boy. On exactly what date did the CIA stop financing groups associated with bin Laden? If they ever did that is.

[hatrack]

1. Like you did on August 6th, 2001? Is that it, Chimpy?

:puke: :eyes:

[Sugar Smack]

9. Exactly. This is making me want to tear my hair out.

I don't know how much more of his crap we can hear without going batshit insane.

Thanks, George. We had no idea. Go finish your goat book.

[kurth]

2. "I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him."

- George W. Bush, 2002 news conference

[Crankie Avalon]

3. Translation: Be scared enough of bin Laden to let me do whatever I want.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. Perfect..... nt.

[leveymg]

4. More like, UBL-related groups never stopped financing the Bush family

Why should the CIA ever turn off the valve from Islamic bankers, Saudi oil sheikhs, and Eurofascist-Muslim Brotherhood tycoons that flowed through Grover Norquist and Jack Abramoff to Bush and his GOP cronies? How embarrassing and inconvenient would that be, even if it also eliminated much of he funding network that financed Khan's Islamic A-bomb crusade.

That is a major reason Dubya delayed the roll-up of the al-Qaeda cells known to be inside the US referenced in the 08/06/01 PDB. Another is that the Bushie national security team had planned to roll out their own counter-terrorism plan on 9/12/01, and had gathered a bunch of Pakistani generals and Saudi Carlyle Group biggies in Washington for the occasion. Too bad for all of us that Osama beat them to the punch.

[mattclearing]

6. Take bin Laden's threat seriously-so I will continue to have relevance. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Then, That Means You've Accomplished Nothing, Silverspoon!

Dumbass.
The Professor

[LizW]

8. And do what?

Leave the cities? Cower in our homes? Keep the kids home from school? Stock up supplies and plastic and duct tape?

Bush is terrorizing this nation. He is threatening us with death and loss and trying to force us to live in fear while he consolidates greater and greater power over our lives.

He might as well be threatening to kill us himself.

This is not America.

[EFerrari]

10. They must really be hurting. Usually Chimp is the good cop

and Cheney is the one to issue the implicit threats.