Reply #26: Good catch

[ewagner]

I didn't listen to master pissy-pants' speech so I didn't hear him make that distinction. But what is very telling is that he knew the distinction. Normally, he wouldn't make such a fine distinction and would mangle the English language enough to confuse the two words.

His insistence on making the distinction means:

1. He probably didn't know the NSA was doing this until the Times was ready to blow the whistle.
2. He probably didn't know it was illegal until somebody explained FISA to him
3. He didn't know the distinction between detecting and monitoring until somebody else explained it to him.

Also....

His stubborn insistence on continuing the program means that somebody has a vested interest in it. I smell CHENEY all over this thing.