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To: Stars&StripesNE
Holy cow! wonder who this could have been

And in one previously undisclosed episode, the N.S.A. tried to wiretap a member of Congress without a warrant, an intelligence official with direct knowledge of the matter said. The agency believed that the congressman, whose identity could not be determined, was in contact — as part of a Congressional delegation to the Middle East in 2005 or 2006 — with an extremist who had possible terrorist ties and was already under surveillance, the official said. The agency then sought to eavesdrop on the congressman’s conversations, the official said. The official said the plan was ultimately blocked because of concerns from some intelligence officials about using the N.S.A., without court oversight, to spy on a member of Congress.

27 posted on 04/15/2009 10:50:51 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne
Here's a starting point:

So Which Member of Congress Was Wiretapped?


;-)
36 posted on 04/16/2009 7:32:13 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Lorianne
a member of congress....whose identity could not be determined

Ya, soz we noz vut eet wuz jest notten on whoozizit.

You know things are getting really tough at the old gray unshaved lady when she has to outsource their leak writers.

39 posted on 04/16/2009 9:52:19 AM PDT by 4woodenboats (And on the 5th day& 18th pleading, ghett0 finally agreed to allow the Navy to save the captain.)
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