Date: May 8th 2006

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TVNL Editor's Comments: Cronyism At Any Cost, Once Again!

Today’s Comment is by TvNewsLIES co-editor:

Let's see if the mainstream media once again ignore the incompetence, the ignorance, and the unmitigated hubris of the man whom President George W. Bush has just nominated to head the CIA. Let's see if they if they bother to go back just five months to point out the shameless liberties that General Michael Hayden recently took with the content of the US Constitution.

Let's see if they remind the American people of the statements made by today's nominee to succeed Porter Goss as head of the agency. Let's see if they quote his response from a reporter last January, when asked about the NSA warrantless spying being in violation of the fourth amendment.

For the sake of accuracy, here's the actual exchange between Jonathan Landay of Knight Ridder and General Hayden. The highlights are ours:

JONATHAN LANDAY: ...I'm no lawyer, but my understanding is that the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution specifies that you must have probable cause to be able to do a search that does not violate an American's right against unlawful searches and seizures.

GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN: Actually, the Fourth Amendment actually protects all of us against unreasonable search and seizure. That's what it says.

JONATHAN LANDAY: But the measure is probable cause, I believe.

GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN: The amendment says unreasonable search and seizure.

JONATHAN LANDAY: But does it not say probable --

GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN: No.

JONATHAN LANDAY: The court standard, the legal standard --

GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN: The amendment says unreasonable search and seizure.

JONATHAN LANDAY: The legal standard is probable cause, General. You used the terms just a few minutes ago, “We reasonably believe.” And a FISA court, my understanding is, would not give you a warrant if you went before them and say “We reasonably believe.” You have to go to the FISA court or the Attorney General has to go to the FISA court and say, “We have probable cause.” And so what many people believe, and I would like you to respond to this, is that what you have actually done is crafted a detour around the FISA court by creating a new standard of “reasonably believe” in place of “probable cause,” because the FISA court will not give you a warrant based on reasonable belief. You have to show a probable cause. Can you respond to that, please?

GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN: Sure. I didn't craft the authorization. I am responding to a lawful order, alright? The Attorney General has averred to the lawfulness of the order. Just to be very clear, okay -- and believe me, if there's any amendment to the Constitution that employees at the National Security Agency is familiar with, it's the fourth, alright? And it is a reasonableness standard in the Fourth Amendment. So, what you've raised to me -- and I'm not a lawyer and don't want to become one -- but what you’ve raised to me is, in terms of quoting the Fourth Amendment, is an issue of the Constitution. The constitutional standard is reasonable. And we believe -- I am convinced that we're lawful because what it is we're doing is reasonable.

So, here we go again. Another inept, unqualified crony in place. This time its General Michael Hayden, close associate and disciple of Iran-Contra hit squad expert John Negroponte, who heads the entire Homeland Security Agency.and who, like the the power brokers in the White House, revises the US Constitution at will.

You just know this story won't appear on CNN or FOX. You just know Sean and Rush and Matt will sweep it under the rug - or find a way to justify the General's words.

And, by the way, as we once again watch the DECIDER in action: Do you feel safer now?

Think about it! – Jesse, Editor, TvNewsLIES.org

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WAR : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#war


• Bombs Kill U.S. Soldier and 7 Iraqis - Bombs killed a U.S. soldier and seven Iraqis on Monday as politicians haggled over key posts in the new Cabinet, officials said. Another American died the day before in northern

• The USDA on Iraq: Everything's Coming Up Rosy - Career appointees at the Department of Agriculture were stunned last week to receive e-mailed instructions that include Bush administration "talking points" -- saying things such as "President Bush has a clear strategy for victory in Iraq" -- in every speech they give for the department.

• Iraq says 100,000 have fled homes - More than 100,000 people have fled their homes in Iraq since late February because of the insurgency and rising sectarian bloodshed, up from 65,000 just over two weeks ago, Iraqi officials said.
TVNL Comment: Freedom, American style!


POLITICS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#politics


• Cronyism At Any Cost, Once Again! - Let’s see if they if they bother to go back just five months to point out the shameless liberties that General Michael Hayden recently took with the content of the US Constitution.

• Waiting Near an End for Rove in CIA Leak Case - Did Rove, who was deeply involved in defending President Bush's use of prewar intelligence about Iraq, lie about a key conversation with a reporter that was aimed at rebutting a tough White House critic?


ECONOMY : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#economy


• Gas Prices Force Locals onto Horses - Gas prices continue to stay high, and now a lot of people are turning to different options to get around.


9/11 News : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#911


• Pan Am 103 & 9/11 Connection - The key lies in the fact that the exact same person "handled" both investigations. In fact, the person who led the Pan Am 103 investigation for Bush Sr.'s "Justice" department just happened to be appointed the director of the FBI by Bush Jr. just seven days prior to 9/11.



CONGRESS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#congress


• US Democrats pledge to investigate Bush - US Democrats will launch a series of investigations of the Bush administration if they take control of Congress in November, but are not out to impeach President George W Bush, a top Democrat says.


DOMESTIC : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#domestic


• Judges challenge Internet wiretap rules - A U.S. appeals panel sharply challenged the Bush administration Friday over new rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls. A judge said the government’s courtroom arguments were “gobbledygook.”

• NEWLY DISCOVERED DIEBOLD THREAT DESCRIBED AS 'MAJOR NATIONAL SECURITY RISK'! - All Diebold Touch-Screen Machines, In All States, Said to be Affected by 'Horrifying' Vulnerability, Systems 'Sequestered' in PA


ENVIRONMENT : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#environment


• UPDATE PENDING


INTERNATIONAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#international


• Ahmadinejad sends letter to Bush - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written to George W Bush proposing "new solutions" to their differences.
TVNL Comment: Can Bush read?

• Bush says he had glimpse into Merkel's soul - President George W. Bush said on Sunday he gained a glimpse into German Chancellor Angela Merkel's soul when they met in Washington last week.

• Did Bush Force British Minister Out? - Two London papers have speculated this weekend that complaints by President George W. Bush forced a British minister from his post because of his opposition to the use of nuclear force against Iran.

• Blair 'target of Old Labour coup' - Tony Blair is the victim of a left wing plot to oust him as prime minister, Home Secretary John Reid has said.


MILITARY & VETERANS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#military


• Military PR flies friendly skies - United Airlines has begun showing an in-flight video about military glamor jobs that was produced and funded by the Department of Defense--a fact passengers do not learn from watching it.

• 'West Point' Off Limits to Anti-War Alums - The Army warned an anti-war group of former U.S. Military Academy cadets to stop using the words "West Point" in its name, saying they are trademarked.


EDITORIAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#editorial


• UPDATE PENDING


JOURNALISM & MEDIA : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#media


• For television news, the kids aren't all right - The major nightly newscasts and newspapers continue to grapple with the need to "get younger," from the "CBS Evening News' " planned makeover and the obscene drift of primetime magazines in television to shorter stories and increased page one "pop culture" coverage in top dailies.

• Net censorship spreads worldwide - This censorship is practiced on every continent on Earth, said the report.


HEALTH & SCIENCE : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#health


• UPDATE PENDING


HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#rights


• Jimmy Carter: Punishing the innocent is a crime - Innocent Palestinian people are being treated like animals, with the presumption that they are guilty of some crime.


OF INTEREST : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#interest


• Creationism dismissed as 'a kind of paganism' by Vatican's astronomer - BELIEVING that God created the universe in six days is a form of superstitious paganism, the Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno claimed yesterday.