Bad Deeds for 1-22-2009

All American’s Communications Were Monitored by the NSA – Despite all the assurances of the Bush administration that their wiretapping activities were only to protect Americans from terrorists and that only concerned foreign targets, that was not true. To be clear, it was not even close to being true. Whistleblower Russell Tice, who back in 2006 had exposed the NSA program illegalities went even further than his earlier allegations, things he was perhaps afraid to say while Bush was still in office considering the smear job they did on him the first time around: The NSA, under the direction of George Bush, was monitoring ALL Americans’ communications, specifically targeting journalists and news organizations.

Sean Hannity Blames Sen. Charles Schumer and GeesePeace For US Airways Crash – Sean Hannity, ever on the lookout for new ways to smear Democrats, achieved a creative breakthrough on his 1/17/09 show. Without bothering to investigate any other facts beyond Senator Charles Schumer’s 2004 earmark for a group called GeesePeace, Hannity and FOX News were ready to allege that Schumer is to blame for the crash of the US Airways flight last week. Later in the program, Hannity warned that if it happens again, Schumer would be responsible for any ensuing deaths. Hannity did not bother to find out that GeesePeace is actually trying to control the over-population of geese. The funds provided by Schumer’s earmark were helping to reduce the number of geese. But, when has Fox News ever seen a need to check facts before smearing someone?

Regards,

Jim