Bush Authorized Domestic Spying Before 9/11

And here we have more lies revealed. I've said it before, and maybe you didn't believe me, but everything the man says, are all lies. Everything. Even when he tries telling the truth (on those very rare occasions), he does it in such a deceptive way as to lead you to the wrong conclusion. In this case though, his explanation about domestic spying is just another one of his blatant lies.

"The National Security Agency advised President Bush in early 2001 that it had been eavesdropping on Americans during the course of its work monitoring suspected terrorists and foreigners believed to have ties to terrorist groups, according to a declassified document (PDF)."

"The NSA's vast data-mining activities began shortly after Bush was sworn in as president and the document contradicts his assertion that the 9/11 attacks prompted him to take the unprecedented step of signing a secret executive order authorizing the NSA to monitor a select number of American citizens thought to have ties to terrorist groups."

It must be tough for all of his supporters out there. Not the ones who work for him, or in some way benefit by all of his illegal actions, but the ones who've honestly believed his lies and justifications. They have to constantly defend their fearless leader, at every new revelation, or else they're forced into the unthinkable; to admit they've supported a budding dictator. And many just can't bring themselves to do that, yet.

[UPDATE Jan. 15 2006]

There now appears to be some question as to whether the allegations made in the above link, are accurate. It seems that more than one NSA program may be involved, and at least one may have been put in place by Clinton. Read the ongoing discussion here:
New Truthout Spying "Scoop" Doesn't Prove What It Says It Does