I guess I missed a doozy of a “roundtable” this morning on NBC. According to Jonah Goldberg, it was a breathtaking display of arrogance: Today’s “Meet the Press” roundtable, still going, is a scandal of media egocentrism. With the exception…

“Without the full facts, the House is seeking to condone a controversial Bush program.”

Lie — Congress was briefed extensively. Dems even contacted the NYT to ask that the story not be published because they were aware of how vital it was. The program was never “controversial.” One of the authors is now saying that publicly.

“…this White House’s refusal to follow the rule of law.”

Lie — no one (except the ACLU) has charged that this program is illegal. Anyway, how can the ACLU make this charge if, as they acknowledge, they don’t have the “facts?”

“The White House should stop blaming those who have leaked this information and instead end its abuse of power.”

Lie — again, no one but the ACLU is making the charge that this is an “abuse of power.” I guess the ACLU thinks that any leak any time is fine and dandy! I guess we shouldn’t be going after the “leakers” in Plamegate and instead focus on the abuse of power by a CIA desk jockey who sent her husband on a tax-payer funded junket to Africa for nothing but a lie-filled NYT op-ed. I’m waaaaiting.

“What is becoming clear is that Americans’ sensitive financial information has been opened to the prying eyes of the government for years without any independent review.”

Lie — if this is “clear,” why would the ACLU first admit that they don’t know the facts, then demand “exhaustive hearings?” Do they know this or not?

“Congress is not fulfilling its constitutional role of providing the oversight that the American people so desperately need.”

Lie — again, Congress was well aware of this operation. Oversight was conducted but the ACLU just doesn’t like the result.

“Our government cannot possibly deem something ’lawful‘ when there has been no clear explanation of the depth and scope of the SWIFT program.”

Lie — the people that needed to know the “depth and scope” knew. The ACLU just doesn’t like the result because the ACLU doesn’t like successful execution of the War on Islamic Jihadism.

“Congress should not bless the administration’s flipping through our checkbooks before it investigates.”

Lie — I think I’ve covered it all.

For those you who think that the ACLU has America’s interests in mind because they pretend to, I hope recent days have shaken you awake. You believe their malfeasant misdirection at your own peril.