By now, pretty much everyone knows about the latest bombshell to explode in George Bush’s lap regarding the NSA spying scandal. According to USAToday, the agency persuaded (without too much arm-twisting it appears) AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth to share virtually all their domestic phone records with the government. While the Administration is attempting [...]
Read full post...The NY Times today reports that Russell Feingold announced on ABC News’ This Week that he will introduce a motion of censure against George Bush for his illegal eavesdropping program:
Sen. Russell Feingold (D, WI): finally a Democrat with some guts (photo: Linda Spillers/ABC News)
Senator Russell D. Feingold said Sunday that he would introduce a [...]
USA Today reports that at least three U.S. telecoms are cooperating with the NSA spying program:
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The National Security Agency has secured the cooperation of large telecommunications companies, including AT&T, MCI and Sprint, in its efforts to eavesdrop without warrants on international calls by suspected terrorists, according to seven telecommunications executives.
The executives asked to [...]
I wonder if one year ago (or however long ago the NY Times agreed to a request from the Bush Administration to mothball the Lichtblau-Risen story about NSA spying) Eric Lichtblau could’ve pictured himself one day well on the way to earning his first Pulitzer Prize. In fact, if I were on the Pulitzer [...]
Read full post...Salon profiles James Bamford, a former Navy intelligence analyst and author of the first, and definitive book about the NSA from the inside out: The Puzzle Palace. Bamford is to the agency what Bob Woodward is to the presidency: a confidant, a chronicler and even perhaps a promoter at times. But Bamford is [...]
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