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NSA Spied on US Journalists — And You!
The Liberty Papers ^ | 1/21/09

Posted on 01/22/2009 6:17:20 AM PST by steve-b

Here's a chilling interview of former NSA analyst Russell Tice conducted by Keith Olbermann. While I'm not the biggest Olbermann fan in the world, he asked some important questions about how far the NSA went during the Bush administration. It's a chilling interview. Hopefully restraining the NSA to 4th Amendment boundaries will be a priority for the Obama administration.

And while we are talking about privacy, we also need to keep the government out of the panties of our 13-year-old daughters and our private health records, too.


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1 posted on 01/22/2009 6:17:20 AM PST by steve-b
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I’m sure the person assigned to spy on me is bored stiff.


2 posted on 01/22/2009 6:20:55 AM PST by Islander7 (This Atlas is shrugging! ~ I am Joe!)
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To: steve-b

What’s the deal posting Keith olbermann articles? The guy gives pond scum a bad name.


3 posted on 01/22/2009 6:21:33 AM PST by ohioman
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Hey, don’t sell yourself short. There was some juicy stuff there! :-)


4 posted on 01/22/2009 6:24:26 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Back in black? White on rice? More redheads for the man? What???)
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To: steve-b

Pish Posh! Americans are more worried about “Speed Cams”.


5 posted on 01/22/2009 6:25:06 AM PST by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: steve-b

So we elect a potential communist dictator to help guide us to a more fair and balance direction?????


6 posted on 01/22/2009 6:25:25 AM PST by classified
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To: steve-b

Well, if the NSA under President Bush did a bit of snooping on Americans, I’d bet we ain’t seen nothing yet.


7 posted on 01/22/2009 6:25:55 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Islander7

“I’m sure the person assigned to spy on me is bored stiff.”

Not really, I have many other cases assigned to watch over.

By the way, your computer screen looks dusty from here, you may want to get some of that computer screen cleaner at Target.


8 posted on 01/22/2009 6:28:30 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I can't wait for January 20, 2013")
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To: Smokin' Joe

odumbo’s making a list, and checking it twice...


9 posted on 01/22/2009 6:28:30 AM PST by Canedawg (Lincoln freed the slaves, BO will free the terrorists.)
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To: steve-b

No Such Agency has always been kind of creepy. They’ve done nasty evil stuff during every administration.


10 posted on 01/22/2009 6:29:18 AM PST by dilvish
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To: steve-b

If you are expected to catch terrorists in your net, you have to also look at the lives of innocent citizens. Many are innocent, but act suspicious, while a few are terrorists who act innocent. What else can you do but apply the filters to their lives to sort them all out? Unless you advocate letting terrorists freely move amongst us to preserve your privacy.


11 posted on 01/22/2009 6:32:06 AM PST by Kirkwood
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Keith Olbermann, girl panties- good search words to fit together.

This guy is gonna love it when O’s army descends on his household to sign up his daughter for volunteer service. He’d probably be amazed how much information O’s people know about him. and it wasnt gathered looking for terrorism..


12 posted on 01/22/2009 6:32:45 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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I’ll really start worrying when they learn how to tap the POTS quietly; those clicks are sort of reassuring...


13 posted on 01/22/2009 6:37:00 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: HereInTheHeartland

How does my hair look? Is the cut me or what?


14 posted on 01/22/2009 6:39:19 AM PST by Islander7 (This Atlas is shrugging! ~ I am Joe!)
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To: Islander7

No Such Agency.


15 posted on 01/22/2009 6:39:19 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: steve-b
This is idiocy:

“NSA had access to every telephone call in the US.” So does every telephone company repairman with a buttset on his hip!

“Oh, my God. They were listening to JOURNALISTS!” Trust me, they were not listening to Ann Landers. Imagine the manpower necessary to do that. If a journalist was talking to a terrorist, I am SO glad they monitored the conversation.

“Oh my God. They were listening to US citizens.” If US citizens were talking to terrorists, I'm so glad they did listen.

Bottom line of interview; Tice knows nothing. Olbermann and the NTY were simply trying to create an anti-Bush story where one did not exist. Foolish Bush took the bait and tried to explain it, rather than saying; “Tough sh*t. There is a war on. If you think it's more important for your peperoni-ordering conversation to be secret than for American to not be killed, then go invent some country where you can have that.”

16 posted on 01/22/2009 6:40:54 AM PST by MindBender26 (ATTN: Rev. Lowery: Sorry 'bout that, but I am White, and I got it Right years ago!)
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To: Larry Lucido; steve-b
Under the Obama administration, the NSA will be instructed to stop spying on Islamic jihadis and Communist traitors, and exclusively restrict their monitoring to right-wingers critical of Obama, and dangerous militia types.

The spying will be increased, but because the targets will be the politically incorrect, the MSM will show no interest.

17 posted on 01/22/2009 6:41:02 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (We used to institutionalize the insane. Now we elect them.)
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To: steve-b
Horse Sh!t! This is leftist dribble and anti-Bush propaganda to promote the sharia take over of America.

LLS

18 posted on 01/22/2009 6:41:35 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my president... NEVER!)
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To: PapaBear3625; sit-rep; Squantos; Eaker

Time to start thinking of countermeasures.


19 posted on 01/22/2009 6:47:22 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Back in black? White on rice? More redheads for the man? What???)
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To: steve-b
Just wait until they get the ‘black-box’ converters fully installed... The cable guys will monitor what we do when we are not talking on the phone.... and then there will be nobody watching Ober. /s partially.
20 posted on 01/22/2009 6:48:54 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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