Revisionist Historians, I like to call them.
From today’s Washington Post:
bq. At the White House, spokesman Scott McClellan was asked to explain why Bush last year said, “Any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so.” McClellan said the quote referred only to the USA Patriot Act. [ "Spy Court Judge Quits In Protest":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122000685.html ]
Indeed, Bush was responding to criticisms that the USA Patriot Act weakened the fourth amendment in regards to wire-tapping; but you’ll note that he didn’t say “wire tapping done under the USA Patriot Act.” He said “_Any time you hear the United States government talking about a wiretap_,” which is a far less restrictive statement. Also, he says “nothing has changed” — which, clearly, it had.
This “what you thought we said is not what we really said” crap got old years ago.