Williams wrote:

Rove blasts warrantless wiretapping decision
Thursday, August 24, 2006

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Presidential adviser Karl Rove criticized a
federal judge's order for an immediate end to the government's
warrantless surveillance program, saying Wednesday such a program might
have prevented the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Rove said the government should be free to listen if al Qaeda is
calling someone within the U.S.

"Imagine if we could have done that before 9/11. It might have been a
different outcome," he said.

U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit last week became the
first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program,
ruling it unconstitutional.

Rove's comments came as he headlined a fundraiser for Secretary of
State Ken Blackwell, who is running for governor. About 50 protesters
stood outside the country club where the fundraiser was held, some with
signs that said "Impeach Bush."

What he didn't say is that this rogue administration could have
accomplished the same thing by going through legal FISA channels
instead of breaking the law. But then, I don't really expect much more
from someone who uses the constitution for toilet paper on a daily
basis.