[darkwing104]

First of all before I accept your premise I must assume that the folks at the NSA don't follow the law. Guess what, they do follow the law and are Patriots.

How do I know, I used to work there and wouldn't mind working there again. You know how these persons being monitored where identified...They called a known terrorist in another country! Well golly gee! they might be bad guys on our soil. We are dealing with people here who don't follow the Geneva conventions.

As for monitoring Americans, the NSA do not have the resources and the manpower to do that. I get a kick out of reports making the NSA bigger then it really is. Also it is illegal to monitor law abiding Americans and the Employees at NSA are more like you then you think. They are just everyday people protecting this country to the best of their ability.

Having worked there and knowing people at the NSA I find it offensive when anyone suggest they are spending their time spying on Americans..It's a blatant waste of their time and your tax dollars. They are too busy watching the bad guys so they won't harm us to waste their time listening to your phone call.

[kbo]

Have you read about Russell Tice - the guy from the NSA who is wants to testify to Congress about domestic surveillance? I saw just a few minutes of him on tv last week, and read a brief article that had a letter from him to Congress, but don't know much else. He is apparently one of the sources for the NY Times article.

I tend to agree with you and have always heard that the NSA folks are very honest and well trained on what's legal and what's not. The thing is, are these leakers/whistleblowers from the NSA?

I'm in the technology field and the one thing that always made me feel somewhat safe from "eavesdropping" is the sheer volume of calls and internet messages that are out there at any given moment, and the fact that that volume grows every day.