NSA wiretap, Friday night

This is about NSA wiretap. We know that the US administration is very
savvy that news released on Friday night is not read by many. Especially
at the start of a long Holiday weekend (Labor Day in US). So when you see
that news on that day, you know it is something the US Administration does
not want people to see.

I want you all to see this security related news. Please pass it on to
others on Tuesday. Thank you. (This is from the Detroit News web site,
in USA. It is AP, very mainstream news outlet. But with all the "wars",
the story will probably disappear among the other carnage before Tuesday.)

Excerpt:

"Every time the NSA engages in warrantless wiretapping, they are violating
the law and the United States Constitution," ACLU attorney Melissa Goodman
said.

The controversial program allows the NSA to monitor communications into
and out of the United States when links to al-Qaida are suspected.
Breaking with historic norms, President Bush allowed the NSA to conduct
the surveillance without first getting court approval.

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Even in this article, what is _not_ said, what is glossed over, is that
there is no oversight. The program has been judged illegal and
unconstitutional and yet continues.

Even in this article, what is _not_ said, what is glossed over, is that
all (_*all*_) communications within the US, or that pass through US hubs
*might* be monitored, tapped, recorded, or *modified*. That includes all
commercial, personal or political communications.

If y'all had a choice to guess which the US Administration, with its "born
again Christian" ethic would rather monitor, child abusers or those who
might take away from their absolute political power, what would you guess
(?). It's not a puzzle to me. Please read.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060902/POLITICS/609020366/1022
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Relevant Pages

  • Myths and Falsehoods on the NSA Domestic Call-Tracking Program
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    (comp.dcom.telecom)
  • Re: OT..british terror plot
    ... lives of terrorists and should be stopped immediately. ... news service and they had a news article on the interception of phone ... any surveillance done would have absolutely no relevence to the NSA ... John Payton, you dimwit. ...
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  • Re: OT..british terror plot
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    (alt.vacation.las-vegas)
  • Re: NSA Spy Program Predates 9-11 by 8 Months
    ... dxAce wrote: ... contractor, and can reassure you, that NSA has no boundries and has ... Those 'other intel agencies' need to run some psychological tests on you. ... Apparently he "is" smart enough to be a news reporter. ...
    (rec.radio.shortwave)
  • Re: Google Bobbles NSA wiretap searches
    ... then select Header on or Footer on. ... that the Administration is actually modifying transmissions of news ... to their congressman, asking for comments on each paragraph. ...
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