And if anyone knows about protecting the country...
Worried about that whole NSA spying thing, and the loss of personal privacy, and our allies being seriously pissed?
Rest assured:
Former President George W. Bush defended PRISM, the Internet spying program that began under his administration but remained secret until The Washington Post and The Guardian revealed its existence last month.
"I put that program in place to protect the country. One of the certainties was that civil liberties were guaranteed," Bush told CNN in an interview airing Monday. "I think there needs to be a balance, and as the president explained, there is a proper balance."
PRISM began under Bush in 2007 and has continued under the Obama administration. The program allows the National Security Administration to collect internet and email data from the nation's biggest technology companies.
Yes. Because if anyone is
an expert at protecting the country, it's Bush. And that little war in Iraq was to protect us from Saddam's WMDs. And don't worry about PRISM, because civil liberties are
guaranteed.
Feel better now? Feel safer?