BUSH DEFENDS RIGHT TO OPEN MAIL: CLAIMS LETTER ON 9/11 PLOT FOUND LAST WEEK

[Don Davis]

Trying to deflect the torrent of criticism of his Signing Statement reserving the right of warrantless mail searches, President Bush today insisted that such powers were essential to U.S. national security.

Waving a dirt-encrusted and battered envelope with a postmark of September 5, 2001, Bush claimed that the Post Office had found this letter just last week, which seemed to hint at a massive and imminent attack on the United States.

Bush said that since the letter is written in Arabic, it probably won’t be translated by the FBI until 2009, after he leaves office, but that he wanted to ensure that he left his successor with an expanded arsenal of powers to combat terrorism.

Since the letter repeatedly refers to “9/11,” Bush assured the nation that he’s pulling out all the stops in trying to thwart this plot, and that he’s just grateful that the country has at least eight months to apprehend the conspirators.

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[Waya]

1. Boy, they're really grasping at straws now.............

[oldtime dfl_er]

2. snicker snicker

I love the ending line:

"Condi Rice, however, cautioned the press corps not to jump to conclusions, asserting that “how are we expected to know that something that’s already happened has already happened.”

[demnan]

3. You know their stuff gets more and more believeable

as this administration goes on.

[rodeodance]

18. i know what you mean

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Maybe he was holding the letter upside down.

Funny stuff.

[EST]

5. Heheh-

Not too far wrong, unfortunately.

[BarbaRosa]

6. Was the letter written in Arabic

or in crayon gibberish?

[liberal renegade]

13. it's rumored to be

written in crayon upon letter head belonging to turd blossom

[Epiphany4z]

7. he doesn't need his singing statement to

read the letter...all he needed is a warrant...a warrent he can get after the fact....his argument is more fear mongering bullshit.

[O.M.B.inOhio]

8. I do agree that the Pres does not require a warrant to read... his goddam PDBs!

[ShortnFiery]

9. My favorite line.

"Bush said that since the letter is written in Arabic, it probably won’t be translated by the FBI until 2009 ..."

Ain't that the truth! :rofl:

[HeeBGBz]

10. Won't be translated until 2009?

Then, why fucking bother? If it was a threat then it probably would be carried out before they piss around and translate the damn thing.

[nebenaube]

11. pssst.... it's satire... n/t

[HeeBGBz]

15. Aww, thanks. It was a rough morning. n/t

[zbdent]

12. What he didn't point out is that they opened this letter

in July 2001 ...

;)

[madrchsod]

14. this is one of the better sites on net...

can`t wait till the start on the democrats..

[Jasmine21]

16. How long will citizens fall for this crap? Truly amazing!

I feel like I've been in a long nightmare and just can't wake up. Is this stuff real?

[yellowcanine]

17. Letter on 911 plot found LAST WEEK???? That would be funny if it weren't so sad.