Posted on 05/11/2006 10:25:46 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Qwest, preferred telecommunication carrier of Jihadists.
I'm guessing this reporter doesn't think there are al-Qaida/terrorist cells in the US
I should have put a Barf Alert up.
It's a lot of twaddle and hype and hysterics over an issue that is being played for political propaganda purposes only.
This kind of information is some of the most boring stuff in the world,, if folks really buy into their being harmed in the least by the dissection of the call records,, very few even know what the heck they are or comprise to start with.
Sometimes it makes ya wonder if some of the press aren't AQ, we know enough about AP and the MSM in general already and where their sympathies lay.
It's still a free country. Isn't it? I believe the President is doing this for what he believes are the right reasons, but I've reached my limit on how much freedom I'm willing to give up to feel "secure".
Will the next Democrat elected to the Presidency have such pure motives?
Or that their right to privacy outweighs any potential threat they may pose.
Notice that Sen. Cute as a Button was the ONLY one interviewed that read the article and saw what it was...
Boehner, Specter, Graham should be ashamed of themselves for even making a comment without knowing what this really is...
BUT, of course Reuters had to have a headline that made it look like Bush was HIDING shenanigans...sheesh
The Israeli's have determined that the incineration of a few of it's civilians every month is an acceptable price to pay to "co-exist" with the monkeys in "faux-palestine".
I see us doing the same.
Sure sound like a denial to me. The ONLY people claiming it wasn't are the pro Terrorist propagandists in the Junk Media and their Lords and Masters at the Democrat National Committee.
Yea .. well these newspapers don't seem to have a problem selling their list of names and phone numbers to anyone who wants to buy them
USA Today NSA Scoop Not News
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630591/posts
Bush: Intelligence activities lawful
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Thursday said intelligence activities he has authorized are lawful and the government does not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval.
"The privacy of ordinary Americans is fiercely protected in all our activities. We're not mining or trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans," Bush said.
The president came out to defend the administration's domestic spy program after USA Today reported the National Security Agency was secretly collecting phone records of tens of millions of Americans from phone companies to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity.
"The intelligence activities I authorized are lawful and have been briefed to appropriate members of Congress, both Republican and Democrat," Bush said.
Revelation late last year that the NSA was eavesdropping inside the United States on international phone calls and e-mail of terrorism suspects prompted an political uproar. Bush did not say the report was inaccurate.
Bush said, "Our efforts are focused on links to al Qaeda and their known affiliates."
The Govt could CARE LESS about what you are doing as LONG as your are not actively conspiring with know Terrorists. Then they ARE going to keep an eye on you since by conspiring with our foes you have voluntarily surrendered your Constitutional Rights and declared yourself an enemy of US Civil Society.
WE the people have a right, via the agency of our Government, to be protected from those who would do us harm. Those who act as enemies of our society do NOT get to hide behind the Constitution they are trying to destroy. Conspire with Al Qeda and you are no longer a member of, but an enemy of, our Civil Society and must bear the consequence of your actions.
I saw an article a few years back on the software used to do this ....
Basically...one comes under suspicion by the (phone) connections one has.
NSA takes a known bag guy... and traces who he calls....let's say he calls 10 people a week, no problemo.
The computer image literally "draws a line" to those that he called. Now you take these 10 people... and the software traces who THEY call, and on and on...
So perhaps you are 12 people removed from the original "bad guy"...you are still effectively linked to him. This is where it gets sticky....as one poster points out...it depends on how fine a scope they put on the software.....as to if you'll fall under the watchful eye of NSA...and perhaps get a warrant issued to tap your phone. It COULD be construed as "guilt by association". But, and this is a big deal... maybe you've never actually met the "bad guy".
Sorry.,..I am really embarrassed here...
NO, I got the news service wrong, I was intending to reference the headline on the article YOU posted, this one.
However, I wrote down Reuters, when it was AP, instead.
Thanks for correcting me, NICELY!!
The question is whether there is judicial oversight while the executive branch collects data? If no, then this may be a constitutional issue.
Qwest, has refused to turn over records to the program,
Qwest, preferred telecommunication carrier of Jihadists.
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