Posted on 05/11/2006 4:18:19 PM PDT by Jay777
it was only a matter of time before the ACLU would chime in on USA Todays leaking of classified information about the NSA program. And here it is .
In a story released today in USA Today it was revealed that the NSA has been collecting call information about millions of American residents and businesses served by Verizon, AT&T and BellSouth. One industry insider referred to it as the largest database ever assembled in the world. The American Civil Liberties Union strongly condemned the Bush administrations most egregious abuse of power to date....
While Congress is investigating that, maybe they should also take some time to investigate the hypocritical practices of the ACLU delving into its own members private financial information. After all, that is much more intrusive, and has nothing to do with national security.
The American Civil Liberties Union is using sophisticated technology to collect a wide variety of information about its members and donors in a fund-raising effort that has ignited a bitter debate over its leaders commitment to privacy rights.
Some board members say the extensive data collection makes a mockery of the organizations frequent criticism of banks, corporations and government agencies for their practice of accumulating data on people for marketing and other purposes.
(Excerpt) Read more at stoptheaclu.com ...
If anything, their objective is to have foreign armies enter America, kill our people, steal our stuff and plunder everything of value.
I've met many ACLU members over the years. So far I've not found a single one of them who supports the idea that my country is worth defending.
Hillary still has 900+ FBI files too!!!
Do you know any ACLU people? Since when do you have to know some people in the ACLU to understand the anti-American stance of the ACLU? Keep thinking that way, and you won't see the death blow coming...
"Some caller to the Hannity show (yesterday?) observed that the ACLU searches everyone's bags entering its building. Not randomly, but universally."
Always the hippocrates.
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