Democrats were okay with Eschelon and Carnivore which captured every phone call, every e-mail, every baby monitor (!), every ATM transaction and more, and that program is okay, pre war on terror, but this program isn't okay.
Eschelon and Carnivore information:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543118/posts?page=1#1
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542838/posts
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543318/posts
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21387
Oops - Clinton's NSA spying program accidentally (ahem) captured a Republican's phone calls.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1553101/posts?page=1
And just for kicks, the Commies insisted on FISA:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21453
Flashback: Gore planned to bug America:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1559386/posts
NYT called domestic surveillance a necessity when Clinton was president:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556815/posts
This is the December 2005 NYT article which says what today's USA Today article says regarding NSA collecting phone numbers.
Clearly, Democrats (and some RINOs) have manufactured their outrage over this already reported on program. LOL
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html?ei=5090&en=016edb46b79bde83&ex=1293080400&pagewanted=print
"Democrats were okay with Eschelon and Carnivore"
You are so right in this post.
I used to design cryptographic equipment for various "groups" in one of my former lives.
This has been going on for DECADES, and who knows how the Clinton/Gore machine used the info... maybe the same way they used FBI files?
Where was the outrage then?
We need good ELINT now more than we ever did during the cold war. The situation is MUCH more unpredictable.
These liberal idiots who "out" these intel tactics for political reasons will wind up with blood on their hands!
Thanks, Peach! Nice summary. I was looking for just that type of info to give to my brother to tell him to STFU about this bogus non-issue. :)