Turns out there WAS no "secret" for the NYT to reveal.

Oh man, this guy is ON THE MONEY.

Olberman not only addresses the absurdity of this right wing attempt to distract from Bush problems, but he actually plays NUMEROUS video clips of president Bush ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IT.

Click here for link and video

Not like the truth is actually going to make rabid Bush supporters stop bitching about it. Still, good for some of you to have the link and send around.

JustanObserver wrote:

Oh man, this guy is ON THE MONEY.

Olberman not only addresses the absurdity of this right wing attempt to distract from Bush problems, but he actually plays NUMEROUS video clips of president Bush ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IT.

Click here for link and video

Not like the truth is actually going to make rabid Bush supporters stop bitching about it. Still, good for some of you to have the link and send around.

Then why did the NY SLIMES report it as a SECRET PROGRAM??

woiyo wrote:

JustanObserver wrote:

Oh man, this guy is ON THE MONEY.

Olberman not only addresses the absurdity of this right wing attempt to distract from Bush problems, but he actually plays NUMEROUS video clips of president Bush ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IT.

Click here for link and video

Not like the truth is actually going to make rabid Bush supporters stop bitching about it. Still, good for some of you to have the link and send around.

Then why did the NY SLIMES report it as a SECRET PROGRAM??

I would surmise that it was designated as SECRET PROGRAM because the Whitehouse kept congress in the dark. In other words, everyone knew about it (including Al Qiada) except the House and Senate who were busy dealing with more importatant matters such as gay marriage and flag burning.

Oh man, this guy is ON THE MONEY.

Olberman not only addresses the absurdity of this right wing attempt to distract from Bush problems, but he actually plays NUMEROUS video clips of president Bush ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IT.

Click here for link and video

Not like the truth is actually going to make rabid Bush supporters stop bitching about it. Still, good for some of you to have the link and send around.

Bush may have referred a million and one times to a program that was linking financial transactions to terrorists, but he never went into the specifics addressed by the NY Times et al.

Finn d'Abuzz wrote:

Bush may have referred a million and one times to a program that was linking financial transactions to terrorists, but he never went into the specifics addressed by the NY Times et al.

What about the all the detailed information provided by the SWIFT website and magazine? Moreover, a simple internet search pulls up all sorts of information on the program. There was hardly any "secrecy" involved.

Did you watch the video?

The closer you look at the situation, the more clear it becomes that this really is just a bunch of manufactured hype. I was a bit annoyed when I heard about it as well. Until I looked into it further. Then I was thinking "are you kidding me? THIS is what they're pissed about?"

Why then did Lee Hamilton and John Murtha urge the Times not to print the story? Puppets of the Administration?

Olberman, the former Sports Reporter!

So now it isn't the revealing of the program itself but the revealing of the details? Funny how the arguments always change once holes in the arguments of the administration and its blind supporters are pointed out.

Of course not. It has always been about revealing the details of the program. The arument hasn't changed. What are you talking about?

Everyone has always known we were tracking the terrorist suspect's money. It makes sense to track the terrorist money. What the big deal is about is tracking without warrants or oversights in which abuse could take place without anyone being the wiser.

But of course if you knew anything about the program you would realize that there are redundant oversights. But, hey that would just put a brake to your self-righteous leftist shpiel.

It's a secret government program, ergo it is is sinister. Thus sprach the NY Times!

If they have enough of a reason to suspect someone of being linked to terrorist to track their money transactions then they have enough of a reason to get a warrant.


Get a warrant, get a warrant, get a warrant! The new leftist mantra.

Warrants are not an issue in this matter.

John Murtha is credible now?

Finn d'Abuzz wrote:

Olberman, the former Sports Reporter!

as was Ronald Reagan!

Accurately or otherwise, my comment was a challenge to lefties and their legendary disrespect for sports.

But hey, keep popping off with your idiotic gotchas. I'm sure they make you feel special.

Current and former U.S. officials said the effort has been only marginally successful against Al Qaeda, which long ago began transferring money through other means, including the highly informal banking system common in Islamic countries.

I haven't been able to keep up with the breaking news or it's details. But, when I heard a snippit last week about this I wondered what the big deal was since following the money, shutting down laundering and connections to the bank in DC have all been reported. We know they are tracking transactions, and I can imagine all the ways they might do that.