NY Times: The NSA Spies Domestically
This is outside the usual purview of this blog, but is such astonishing and upsetting news that it nonetheless merits a brief post. The New York Times reports today that the National Security Agency, a body that since its creation had been limited to foreign surveillance, has been tapping the phones and reading the emails of American citizens since 2002 without a warrant from any court.
The story notes:
Some agency officials wanted nothing to do with the program, apparently fearful of participating in an illegal operation, a former senior Bush administration official said.
That may have been wise of them.
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Legality aside, I’ve yet to here a cogent explanation as to why. It’s not like FISA sets a high bar here…
Comment by Pooh — December 18, 2005 @ 11:49 pm