Bad People With a History

Ha, ha. I get that this was just poorly worded (I hope) but it does sound like the government is failing to round up people who are known to have committed terrorist acts:

In Crawford, Texas, where Bush is spending the holidays, his spokesman, Trent Duffy, defended what he called a "limited program."

"This is not about monitoring phone calls designed to arrange Little League practice or what to bring to a potluck dinner," he told reporters. "These are designed to monitor calls from very bad people to very bad people who have a history of blowing up commuter trains, weddings, and churches."

Hey Trent, if they have a history of blowing things up maybe you should have them arrested instead of just listening to their phone calls.

Hat tip to Atrios.