Jimmy Carter's Double Standard
We shouldn't be surprised when Jimmy Carter says something stupid - that seems to be par for the course. So what's so surprising about JC's rant against warrantless wiretaps (at Coretta King's funeral) then? Nothing except it's ironic that:
1. It was JC's own democratic party that wiretapped Martin Luther King. Somehow, he tried to pin this one on Bush.
2. JC also authorized warrantless wiretaps during his presidency. In 1977, Carter authorized the measure for two men spying for Vietnam, Truong Dinh Hung, and Ronald Louis Humphrey. By the way, the US court of appeals ruled that the warrantless surveillance did not violate the men's rights.
I wouldn't have had a problem with wiretapping traitors, nor do I have a problem listening to Al Qaeda's phonecalls, whether it's in the US or in Timbuktu. Most Americans don't have a problem with it either. Democrats may or may not figure this out in time for the 2006 elections.
1. It was JC's own democratic party that wiretapped Martin Luther King. Somehow, he tried to pin this one on Bush.
2. JC also authorized warrantless wiretaps during his presidency. In 1977, Carter authorized the measure for two men spying for Vietnam, Truong Dinh Hung, and Ronald Louis Humphrey. By the way, the US court of appeals ruled that the warrantless surveillance did not violate the men's rights.
I wouldn't have had a problem with wiretapping traitors, nor do I have a problem listening to Al Qaeda's phonecalls, whether it's in the US or in Timbuktu. Most Americans don't have a problem with it either. Democrats may or may not figure this out in time for the 2006 elections.
posted by pistolpete | 12:11 PM
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