Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice, who helped expose the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping in December 2005, has now come forward with even more startling allegations. Tice told MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann on Wednesday that the programs that spied on Americans were not only much broader than previously acknowledged but specifically targeted journalists.
“The National Security Agency had access to all Americans’ communications — faxes, phone calls, and their computer communications,” Tice claimed. “It didn’t matter whether you were in Kansas, in the middle of the country, and you never made foreign communications at all. They monitored all communications.” Tice further explained that “even for the NSA it’s impossible to literally collect all communications. … What was done was sort of an ability to look at the metadata … and ferret that information to determine what communications would ultimately be collected.”
We took an informal poll in my office about this issue. Most agreed that unlimited wiretapping is a good thing as long as its for “National Security”. But then most everyone I work with are drooling idiots. And yes, they do read my posts.
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Encrypt everything without fail. That should work until the gubberment has working quantum computers.
#20 Yep. However, I’m not concerned about Rush, the Republican drug addicted walrus. I really believe Hannity, Rush and those mouth foaming types are yesterday’s news and increasingly irrelevant.
Maybe I have more confidence in mainstream American than I should, but the winds of change are real. I believe in this country’s ability to adapt and tackle the issues in front of us with good leadership.
We lost 8 precious years but Obama has the right set of leadership skills needed to get us on the right track.
Nothing is private except maybe your thoughts and they are working on that.
The winds of change are blowing like a hurricane. Whether they will take us to paradise or leave us wrecked on a stormy shore has yet to be seen.
I’m sure Obama’s intentions are good but then so were George’s. Give it a few years. Let the man do something then see what the results are.
# 19 Mister Mustard said, “The banking system MIGHT have gone in the direction it went”
Nope. It went “that way” LONG before “W” was around.
14,”It would be “a fair deal” to give up privacy for security ”
Whos privacy for whos security? Certainly not a peon like you…
19,
No. It’s certainly not laissez faire. Not by a long shot. In fact, GWBush increased government size by a factor larger than any president ever. What the Bush government, and Republican mandate was could be summed up by the other failed Bush, George HW…
“…the continuous consolidation of money and power into higher, tighter and righter hands.”
Basically, get the money away from those uppity citizens and into the hands of our friends. George HW Bush tried to keep it quiet. George W Bush busted it wide open and just drove the dump truck to the proper doors in broad daylight.
I don’t think too many people are surprised, but then again there sure the hell seems to be a lot of acceptance by the right wing nuts.
There does seem to be a lot of denying going on though that somehow this is a Democrat caused mess.
And Cow-Paddy, STFU. You are so annoying.
# 25 Named said, “…the continuous consolidation of money and power into higher, tighter and righter hands.”
Ah yes, the goal of Capitalism & Socialism.
Lovely.
Well it’s nice to see the focus on journalists, given how much they support the enemy, even asking Rumsfeld if it was fair to kill so many Taliban.
#28. Yeah, Freedom of the Press sucks, right Mikey? The Taliban hate it also. So do the Communists. You sir, are the voice of reason.
Olberman : Did they record my conversation with my little nephew?
Tice : Yes, they recorded your conversation with your so called ‘little nephew’ you sick pervert.
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Remember they can record anybodies conversation. It’s called the six degrees of separation doctrine. Your just six people away from a terrorist. It’s true I saw it on the web.
If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, right? Right?
‘Scuse me a second, I need to see who’s knocking at my door at 3 AM…
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CONNECTION TERMINATED
Privacy died a long time ago.
the u.s. government under g.w. learned a lot from red china and emulated their security apparatus a lot.
dictatorships are very efficient. that’s what conservatives mean when they say they want small efficient government: a dictatorship.
you are under surveillance 24/7, so don’t rock the boat.
This discussion reminds me from the Walt Handelsman animated cartoon couple of years back was more accurate than most believed
http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog/2006/05/
WHO wants to try an experiment..?
I heard this and am wondering..
that 80% of the USA money, is PAPER/electronic..
what this means, is that only 20% of the USA worth is based on Tender. The rest is BANKS shipping AIR..
IF we ALL went to the bank and with draw our money…we should be able to BREAK this country and the banks, and the insurance corps, and ALL those that TAKE our money.
#35: dont ya just love FIAT money..
computers made the matter much worse..
not to worry though.. there will be a run on the banks in February, -maybe sooner. -you’ll get to see your “experiment” in action.
since the thieves did not get the last $350bil installment from the TARP scam, they are running out of cash to continue to manipulate the huge disconnect between the stock markets and gold price.
-gold tested above $900/oz today, finishing at
$898.. (it really should be at $1300+)
stock up on storable food..a run on the banks will be the least of your problems..
-all part of the plan.
-s
# 36 soundwash said, “dont ya just love FIAT money..”
Price of gold per oz.
12/31/1800 $19.39
12/31/1810 $19.39
12/31/1820 $19.39
12/31/1830 $19.39
12/31/1840 $20.73
12/31/1850 $20.67
12/31/1860 $20.67
12/31/1870 $22.89
12/31/1880 $20.67
12/31/1890 $20.67
12/31/1900 $20.67
12/31/1910 $20.67
12/31/1920 $20.67
12/31/1930 $20.67
12/31/1940 $34.50
12/31/1950 $40.25
12/31/1960 $36.50
12/31/1970 $37.60
12/31/1980 $641.20
12/31/1990 $423.80
12/31/2000 $272.15
12/31/2005 $517.20
12/29/2006 $636.30
12/31/2007 $833.20
01/14/2008 $904.80
Ugly dullards and angry dolts seem to prosper in the secret services.