All the news they pick and choose…

This is pretty interesting, via AJ Strata:

The mainstream U.S. media outlets have failed to report a major terrorist plot against the U.S. – because it would tend to support President Bush’s use of NSA domestic surveillance, according to media watchdog groups.

News of a planned attack masterminded by three Algerians operating out of Italy was widely reported outside the U.S., but went virtually unreported in the American media.

Italian authorities recently announced that they had used wiretaps to uncover the conspiracy to conduct a series of major attacks inside the U.S.

Italian Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said the planned attacks would have targeted stadiums, ships and railway stations, and the terrorists’ goal, he said, was to exceed the devastation caused by 9/11.

“U.S. terror attacks foiled,” read the headline in England’s Sunday Times. In France, a headline from Agence France Presse proclaimed, “Three Algerians arrested in Italy over plot targeting U.S.”

Curiously, what was deemed worthy of a worldwide media blitz abroad was virtually ignored by the U.S. media, and conservative media watchdog groups are saying that is no accident./em>

The US Media purposely not covering a story that could possibly be seen as supporting the President? Nah! Preposterous!

“U.S. terror attacks foiled,” read the headline in England’s Sunday Times. In France, a headline from Agence France Presse proclaimed, “Three Algerians arrested in Italy over plot targeting U.S.”

Curiously, what was deemed worthy of a worldwide media blitz abroad was virtually ignored by the U.S. media, and conservative media watchdog groups are saying that is no accident.”

Huh? The US Media purposely not covering a story that could possibly be seen as supporting President Bush? What a presposterous charge!

AJ has more, so be sure to read his whole post:

Let me repeat without intending to insult anyone’s intelligence. A small, left leaning cadre of FISA Judges are not claiming Bush bypassed the FISA process. Not one peep.

Several judges on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court said they want to hear directly from administration officials why President Bush believed he had the authority to order, without the court’s permission, wiretapping of some phone calls and e-mails after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Of serious concern to several judges is whether any information gleaned from intercepts by the National Security Agency was later used to gain their permission for wiretaps without the source being disclosed.

The part I emphasized is the rumor mill issue. The red herring claim that Bush did anything to bypass the court is nothing more than media spin. The nugget is the concern of several judges as to “any information gleaned from intercepts by the National Security Agency was later used to gain their permission for wiretaps without the source being disclosed”

That is it folks. Only the Chief Judge new NSA intel was being used for probable cause justification. So it was being passed to the FISA judges without being noted as NSA intercepts (which is normal for classified intel – trust me).

These judges are only concerned they were in the dark as to the SOURCE of the information. The information could be Atta 2.0 talking to Bin Laden – the content – and these judges are focused on the SOURCE!

Btw, if you haven’t read it elsewhere, the economy is doing well, too.