Posted on 04/16/2009 7:28:18 AM PDT by Mr. K
WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, government officials said in recent interviews.
Several intelligence officials, as well as lawyers briefed about the matter, said the N.S.A. had been engaged in “overcollection” of domestic communications of Americans. They described the practice as significant and systemic, although one official said it was believed to have been unintentional.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
I wonder if they listened to all the horrible crap I called Zero when I was talking to my mother?
:) How funny they think they can cage Americans in a web of liberal fantasy.
And now we trust them to benignly collect all our health records in the name of stimulus.
Rut Roh, I guess they have all the txt message and photo’s my daughter sent me after Obummer was elected..........
The article says they tried to wiretap a congressman on an overseas trip.... hmmmm wonder who it was....
CARNIVORE
Happy happy!
I wonder if they wiretapped the Congressional Black Commie Caucus in Cuba last week?
Nothing to see here, please move along folks...
People: Government involved in 'overcollection' of taxes from Americans...
So under the Hussein administration, it was “unintentional.” Under the Bush administration, it was of course criminal. And how’s that stock thing going at the Times, Pinch?
Word and phrase recognition software.
It’s OK, they were just listening in on all those “Right Wing Extremists” that are popping up. Need to gather information before anything is done.
Best sign I saw at the Kansas City (Johnson Co.) protest yesterday was, “Hey DHS, here I am, take my picture”
To start with, there are MANY Iraq and Afghanistan war vets to spy on....
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