Saturday, May 13, 2006

mining or not?

"...the privacy of ordinary Americans is fiercely protected in all our activities.
We're not mining or trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans. Our efforts are focused on links to al Qaeda and their known affiliates." -- President's statement for the press, Thursday May 11, 2006

"The privacy of all Americans is fiercely protected in all our activities. The government does not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval. We are not trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans. Our efforts are focused on links to al Qaeda terrorists and its affiliates who want to harm the American people." -- President's radio address, Saturday May 13, 2006

notice the distinct absence of the word "mining" from what is otherwise essentially identical language in the more recent statement. clearly the implication of this omission is that we are not not mining. so can we safely add the first statement to this president's long list of lies to the american people?

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