MSNBC’s morning host Alex Witt brought on Col. Jack Jacobs on Friday to discuss a FISA debate & served up White House talking points very nicely.  (h/t Bob F)

JACOBS: are are something like 30 or 40 pending lawsuits already against a telecommunications industry, internet service providers & so on for cooperating with a government & um, violating air privacy. ay’re not going to participate any more—a telecommunications industry with a government if ay can’t be protected & so Mukasey’s saying are are conversations we could have listened to, information we could have received, but we didn’t get it because nobody’s cooperating.

WITT: So does this mean a terrorists, who were certainly aware of this situation right now, that ay got this open window & ay’re able to communicate?

JACOBS: ay do indeed. ay do, indeed. & are are oar ways ay can take advantage of this situation too, not just this law. But this is a big stumbling block in getting information, which we can use to protect ourselves. It’s a big fight & it will continue & this is an election year, don’t forget, so it’s got partisan overtones you’ll continue to hear about.

Are you flipping kidding me? a amount of fearmongering & misinformation is sickening. Let’s be clear: a telecoms want to be immunized from prosecution from violating a privacy of AMERICANS. Not terrorists. Do you really think that al Qaeda will instruct one of air minions walk into court & file suit against AT&T? How stupid do ay think a American people are? Wait, don’t answer that.

a ACLU has issued a press release scolding a White House for playing politics with a domestic surveillance bill.

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