Now before you think I'm just a guy who slings the word "lie" around willy-nilly, he did. He really lied. When you say something you know to be untrue, you lied. For far to long, the press has pussy-footed around administration lies, calling them "misstatements," or saying "the President's words were proven inaccurate." It's time--no long past time--that their lies be called what they are.
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Bush Aired Telecom Amnesty Attack On Congress, Despite Knowing It Was False
In Saturday’s Radio Address, President Bush alleged that without immunity, private companies will be “increasingly unwilling” to cooperate in intelligence activities, pinning the blame on the House. . . [snip]
But in reality, on Friday night — the day before Bush’s radio address — those companies agreed to temporarily cooperate with the administration’s surveillance. “We learned last night…that new surveillances under existing directives issued pursuant to the Protect America Act will resume, at least for now,” explained DNI Mike McConnell and the Justice Department. . .
Read more at: Think Progress
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