Do you think Osama et al. is ignorant about 'phone taps?
Not ignorant apparently, just forgetful. Witness the personally
stated viewpoint of the chief law enforcement official of the most
powerful nation on Earth under recent questioning:
BIDEN: General, how has this revelation damaged the program? I'm
almost confused by it but, I mean, it seems to presuppose that these
very sophisticated Al Qaida folks didn't think we were intercepting
their phone calls.
I mean, I'm a little confused. How did it damage this?
GONZALES: Well, Senator, I would first refer to the experts in the
Intel Committee who are making that statement, first of all. I'm just
the lawyer.
And so, when the director of the CIA says this should really damage
our intel capabilities, I would defer to that statement.
I think, based on my experience, it is true -- you would assume that
the enemy is presuming that we are engaged in some kind of
surveillance. But if they're not reminded about it all the time in
the newspapers and in stories, they sometimes forget....