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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: thundley4 on April 16, 2009, 06:35:13 AM
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Justice Dept. finds National Security Agency improperly accessed American phone calls and e-mails and sought to eavesdrop on an unidentified Congressman in contact with an extremist.
WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency intercepted Americans' e-mails and phone calls in recent months on a scale that went beyond limits set by Congress last year, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
The problems were discovered during a review of the intelligence activities, the Justice Department said in a statement Wednesday night, and said they had been resolved.
Citing unnamed intelligence officials, the Times said the NSA had engaged in "'over-collection' of domestic communications of Americans." Sources reportedly described the practice as varying from significant to systemic to unintentional.
The agency also tried to wiretap a member of Congress without a warrant, an intelligence official told the Times.
The NSA believed that the congressman, whose identity was not revealed, was in contact with an extremist who had possible ties to terror and was already under surveillance. The NSA then tried to eavesdrop on the congressman's conversations, the Times said.
FNC (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/15/justice-dept-nsa-improperly-spied-americans/)
It would be interesting to know who the congressman was. Will there be any outrage from the left about this? :whatever:
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The agency also tried to wiretap a member of Congress without a warrant, an intelligence official told the Times.
The NSA believed that the congressman, whose identity was not revealed, was in contact with an extremist who had possible ties to terror and was already under surveillance. The NSA then tried to eavesdrop on the congressman's conversations, the Times said.
Doesn't this mean it's working? Isn't this what they are suppose to do?
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Doesn't this mean it's working? Isn't this what they are suppose to do?
Looks like it's working exactly the way it's suppsoed to.
The public needs to demand the name of the Congresscritter be revealed.
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Looks like it's working exactly the way it's suppsoed to.
The public needs to demand the name of the Congresscritter be revealed.
It would have been released if it was a Republican. :banghead:
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hmm....very interesting. Why is this not all over DU???
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hmm....very interesting. Why is this not all over DU???
It was, except the part of the congressman.
Which would be interesting because ordinarily that would increase their calls for his prosecution. My guess is something REALLY dirty is going on.