Bush Backed Spying On Americans

jb.hl.com writes "President Bush allowed security agents to eavesdrop on people inside the U.S. without court approval after 9/11, the New York Times has reported. The report says that under a 2002 presidential order, the National Security Agency has been unconstitutionally and illegally monitoring international communications of hundreds in the U.S. When asked about the programme on U.S. TV, the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said, 'The president acted lawfully in every step that he has taken.'"

Comments

Well...

[j0nkatz]

Who gives a shit?
All I want to know is where the fuck Gaim 2.0 beta is????

Reminder

[Anonymous Coward]

Your posts are being recorded and may be used against you. I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank the President for all his hard work in protecting us from Eastasia, at great personal gain to himself.

Re:Reminder

[TripMaster Monkey]

You seem to be mistaken...Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.

Eastasia is our staunchest ally.

Please report to the nearest reeducation center. Thank You.

Re:Well, that's a big shocker.

[Anonymous Coward]

Do you, GOP fans, want the NSA reading your email?

Sure. Maybe they can make something out of the 1000s of 'approved mortgage' and 'p3nis 3nlarger' messages.

Surveillance Breakdown

[dch24]

From the article: "It's almost a mainstay of this country that the NSA only does foreign searches."

It sounds like a review is needed here.

From Sneakers: Gordon walks up to Bishop and shows his ID.

GORDON: National Security Agency.
BISHOP: Ah. You're the guys I hear breathing on the other end of my phone.
GORDON: No, that's the FBI. We're not chartered for domestic surveillance.
BISHOP: Oh, I see. You just overthrow governments. Set up friendly dictators.
GORDON (smiling): No, that's the CIA. We protect our government's communications, we try to break the other fella's codes. We're the good guys, Marty.
BISHOP: Gee, I can't tell you what a relief that is, Dick.

Let's impeach President Dummard

[NFNNMIDATA]

If treason isn't a good enough reason to be impeached, maybe we can come up some kind of blow-job scenario.

Re:Bush & Co. should not be above the law

[vk2]

Pray NSA is not monitoring the network between your machine and slashdot :-)

Re:Bush & Co. should not be above the law

[TheRaven64]

I think he could quite convincingly plead diminished mental capacity as a defence. Take today's example when asked how one used an iPod:

"I get the shuffle and then I shuffle the shuffle," he told confused reporters.

Re:Bush & Co. should not be above the law

[Seumas]

How many crimes does Monkeyboy have to commit before he is held to account?

As many as he likes, as long as they don't involve consensual sex and hummers.

Re:The truly amazing part is that we elected him..

[jd]

The cards were rectangular, the chads were roundish and the legal case went in circles. Nothing square about it.

Re:Well, that's a big shocker.

[hzs202]

Do you, GOP fans, want the NSA reading your email?

Who cares when we have OpenPGP data encryption and voice scramblers!

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Quick

[faqmaster]

Someone give Bush a blow job so we can impeach him!

Dear Pres. Bush,

[ENOENT]

Why do you hate America?

Re:Well, that's a big shocker.

[chinadrum]

NYT printing a retraction? They would rather go belly-up before admitting there is bias involved.

Re:Bush & Co. should not be above the law

[cens0r]

But what if he got caught GIVING a blow job? That would make heads explode!

Re:Well, that's a big shocker.

[slashmojo]

BTW -- I used to consider myself a Republican. I don't know what to call myself now.

NSA case file #4653268137 ? ;)