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Officials: NSA mistakenly intercepted emails, phone calls of innocent Americans
nbc ^ | 6/7 | isakoff

Posted on 06/07/2013 4:26:05 PM PDT by RummyChick

The National Security Agency has at times mistakenly intercepted the private email messages and phone calls of Americans who had no link to terrorism, requiring Justice Department officials to report the errors to a secret national security court and destroy the data, according to two former U.S. intelligence officials.

At least some of the phone calls and emails were pulled from among the hundreds of millions stored by telecommunications companies as part of an NSA surveillance program. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, Thursday night publicly acknowledged what he called “a sensitive intelligence collection program” after its existence was disclosed by the Guardian newspaper.

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To: Sgt_Schultze
Gabriel Malor ‏@gabrielmalor 4m Dayum. Not six hours ago the President said, "Nobody is listening to your telephone calls." http://goo.gl/KSlmg
21 posted on 06/07/2013 4:51:10 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
Sean Davis ‏@seanmdav 14m Old and busted: "Nobody's listening to your phone calls." New hotness: "We totally listened to your phone calls." http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/07/18831985-officials-nsa-mistakenly-intercepted-emails-phone-calls-of-innocent-americans …
22 posted on 06/07/2013 4:51:57 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
This is going on all my threads

Look Obambi...I can't refresh Drudge fast enough to find out the lastest scandal
23 posted on 06/07/2013 4:54:03 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

At what point do we consider prosecuting the government under the RICO statute?


24 posted on 06/07/2013 4:54:55 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: Stormdog
Peter Dmitrienko ‏@curiouser_georg 33m @ggreenwald This story sounds like a plant to make it seem there are data collection safeguards: http://nbcnews.to/ZWNapj View summary
25 posted on 06/07/2013 4:55:55 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: cripplecreek

Thanks for posting this.

Maxine talked about this data base this past May.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIA1lQBqH1s


26 posted on 06/07/2013 4:56:11 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ('How empty and dead' were they to let Chris Stevens, one of them , die for 'Obama-Clinton fiction?')
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To: RummyChick
And we, as intelligent, informed Americans, are expected to believe this clap-trap? Right. Got it.

NOT!!!!

27 posted on 06/07/2013 4:56:16 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Obama is either clueless & should resign, or he knows what's going on & should be impeached. fb)
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To: RummyChick

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2013/06/06/Fascism-Bob%20Beckel%20Explodes-At-Obama-Over-Deplorable-NSA-Phone-Records-Grab

‘Fascism’: Bob Beckel Explodes at Obama for ‘Deplorable’ NSA Phone Records Grab


28 posted on 06/07/2013 4:58:08 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: maggief; hoosiermama; RummyChick
Michael Isikoff, National Kneepad Correspondent

Good Lord! Now we've come full circle!

"Spikey" Isikoff is telling us to trust Das Gooberment. They wouldn't lie to us, nosiree! And Spikey's here to tell ya all about it!

29 posted on 06/07/2013 4:59:02 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: RummyChick
This is total Bravo Sierra. Obama knew, Holder knew, the FBI knew, NSA knew. They're in bed together. How stupid do they think we are? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me; fool me three times it's Executive Action.
30 posted on 06/07/2013 4:59:50 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: RummyChick
The National Security Agency has at times mistakenly intercepted the private email messages and phone calls of Americans who had no link to terrorism . . .

This Administration isn't fishing for those linked to terrorism. It is fishing for those linked to the TEA Party, pro-Second Amendment, pro-Israel, etc. If they were doing this to avert terrorism in this country, then they would have been able to prevent the Ft. Hood massacre.

31 posted on 06/07/2013 5:01:22 PM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: RummyChick

Oopsies! Sorry....


32 posted on 06/07/2013 5:05:22 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (My tagline seems to be missing.......PEOPLE!!!! PEOPLE!!!!!)
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To: RummyChick
Dear Citizen, please be aware that final approval for your surgical procedure is conditional on certification by the Email Czar that you have not slandered the state or its leaders in any emails you have authored. You will be notified promptly after the examination is completed. All decisions of the Czar are final and not subject to appeal. The Department Of State Security wishes you good health.
33 posted on 06/07/2013 5:09:17 PM PDT by JPG (Stay strong.)
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To: RummyChick
NSA Director claims agency does not have ability to intercept emails in U.S. (video)
34 posted on 06/07/2013 5:09:52 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (The Buck Stops Over There.)
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To: RummyChick

Yeah, right...just like the IRS “mistakenly” targeted all those conservative groups.


35 posted on 06/07/2013 5:22:09 PM PDT by madison10
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To: RummyChick

BULL DUKEY !


36 posted on 06/07/2013 5:22:21 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: RummyChick
after its existence was disclosed by the Guardian newspaper.

How bad does this reek when we have to get the real news from foreign sources?

I can smell the rotting stench in D.C., from the west coast.

37 posted on 06/07/2013 5:23:03 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: RummyChick

MISDIRECTION!!!

Controlled leaks, a la Clinton. They know nothing will be done about any of this, because all the snooping has plausible deniability built in for everyone.

Very frustrating


38 posted on 06/07/2013 5:26:09 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: RummyChick
You know how naive FReepers always thought “Neocon” was an epithet used by anti-Semites?

Well, look at the GOP hacks who find nothing wrong with Big Brother checking everybody’s communications out. THOSE are your neocons!

Some are Jewish. Most are not. What they have in common is that they are totalitarians who are “conservative” only in that they were once anti-USSR and they now hate Obama.

39 posted on 06/07/2013 5:29:59 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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To: Stormdog
At what point do we consider prosecuting the government under the RICO statute?

Is Devil's Island available for lease?

40 posted on 06/07/2013 5:52:43 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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